Term Store Management Tool Create New Option Missing in SharePoint 2010

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Whether you pull up the Term Store Management Tool from Central Administration or via Site Settings for the site collection the ability to add new terms in disabled unless you explicitly add your account to the service administrators in Central Administration. To enabled an account to manage the term store follow the steps below:

  • Go to Central Administration then Application Management
  • Choose Service Applications
  • And tap to the right of the Managed Metadata Service
  • Click the Administrators button on the tool bar
  • Add the users in question and make sure to check the Full Control check box under permissions
  • Click Ok

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You are done. Please note that this dialog is empty by default, meaning no one really has any permissions to customize the term store until these permissions are granted.

Additionally you might have to specify the same account or accounts in the management tool itself under the node you wish to designate as follows:

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