… just technical stuff!

Here is a small PowerShell script to fix the pictureurl for all userprofiles after changing the mySite Url:

$mySiteWebapplicationUrl = "https://mysite.normanbauer.com/"
#current Url of your mySite website

$mySiteOldUrlValue = "http://mysitetest:80/"
#former Url where your pictures do not reside any more

$mySiteNewUrlValue = "https://mysite.normanbauer.com:443/"
#current Url where your images can be found now

$mySite = Get-SPSite $mySiteWebapplicationUrl
$SPServiceContext = Get-SPServiceContext $mySite
$userProfileManager = New-Object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($SPServiceContext)
$userProfiles = $userProfileManager.GetEnumerator()

foreach ($userProfile in $userProfiles)
{
  #if pictureurl is not empty replace the old url part with the new one
  if ($userProfile["PictureURL"] -ne '')
  {
    $oldPictureUrl = $userProfile["PictureURL"].toString()
    $newPictureUrl = $oldPictureUrl.Replace($mySiteOldUrlValue, $mySiteNewUrlValue)
    write-host "oldPictureUrl = " $oldPictureUrl " --> newPictureUrl = " $newPictureUrl
    $userProfile["PictureURL"].Value = $newPictureUrl
    $userProfile.Commit()
  }
}