What is the risk of deleting the /mysite collection in sharepoint 2013 ?

Question

We want to make some changes to our sharepoint 2013 environment ( to facilitate the upgrade to sharepoint 2016).

Are there any risks associated ? Are any of these changes likely to have any unitended consequences ?

The changes are

1. Generate a new key for the secure store.
2. Delete the /mysite site collection
3. remove features reported as "missing"
4. remove features that have been installed on a web application in sharepoint 2013, but wont be required in sharepoint 2016
5. Delete orphan features (either by allowing the health analyser to resolve, or removing sites containing "missing" features. Note: Features would be removed via STSADM -o deactivatefeature -id <feature-id> -url <site-url> -force stsadm -o uninstallfeature -id <ID>

Answer 1

Hi @Greg Booth ,

It is fine to deploy changes you list above:

1. It's ok to generate a new key. As SharePoint doesn't store the key, if you lost the old one, just generate a new key.
2. If you don't want to migrate the mysite, you can do this. And you can set up new my sites for users after migration.
3. it's OK. When encountering missing feature issue during migration, it is recommended to de-activate & Un-install the faulty/missing feature.
4. It's up to you and generally there is no risk.
5. No risk.

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