Sharepoint 2010 - "Tags and Notes" not active

Question

I have installed and configured SharePoint 2010 and am now testing using it. I can't seem to add a tag to anything. I can choose a specific item (such as a task), but the "Tags and Notes" button is disabled. When I hover over the button, it says I may need permissions in order to tag an item, but I'm the site admin, so I doubt that is the problem. Is there a setting that I need to enable, that will allow tagging?

Answer 1

I haven't seen this issue before, but do you have the Managed Metadata Service configured?

Answer 2

The Managed Metadata Service is scoped at the Farm level, so it can span across multiple Site Collections. See: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee424403.aspx for an overview

1) In any event, to create a new service, go to Central Administration, then click Site Settings.

2) Click Application Management on the left nav.

3) Under the Service Applications header, click Manage service applications.

4) Under the Service Applications tab on the ribbon, within the Create family, choose New -> Managed Metadata Service to create a service application on the same farm or, if you have a Metadata service app hosted elsewhere, choose Connect -> Managed Metadata Service Connection

Hope this helps a little bit.