How to implement custom User Profile handler?

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    1: namespace MyNewProfileHandler

    2: {

    3: public class MyUserProfileHandler : MySiteProfileHandler 

    4: {

    5: public override void SetMySiteOwner(Microsoft.Office.Server.ServerContext context, UserProfile profile, string newOwner)

    6: { 

    7: base.SetMySiteOwner(context, profile, newOwner);

    8: } 

    9:  

   10: public override bool PreProfileDeleted(Microsoft.Office.Server.ServerContext context, UserProfile profile)

   11: { 

   12: return base.PreProfileDeleted(context, profile);

   13: } 

   14: }

   15: }

   16: 

Installation steps:

1) Strong name this assembly and register it to GAC

2) Run the stsadm tool  with the below command and parameter

stsadm -o profiledeletehandler -type "MyNewProfileHandler.MyUserProfileHandler, MyNewProfileHandler, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6dc6c93b86ce3656"

3) Reset the timer services

 

How to test this custom handler?

1) Do a full user profile import through SSP

2) Delete a user from Active Directory

3) Do an incremental import, you could see the custom handler gets called.

 

Enjoy...