SharePoint 2016 Site Owners

Lesson 2 – Assigning Permissions and Access Rights

SharePoint 2016

PERMISSION LEVEL

DESCRIPTION

PERMISSIONS INCLUDED BY DEFAULT

Restricted Read

View pages and documents. Permission is for publishing sites only. Enables users to view pages and list items, and to download documents.

View Items Open Items View Pages

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Open

Read

Limited Access permissions, plus:

View Items Open Items

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View Versions Create Alerts

Use Self-Service Site Creation

View Pages

Contribute

Enables users to manage personal views, edit items and user information, delete versions in existing lists and document libraries, and add, remove, and update personal Web Parts. Enables users to manage lists. Edit and approve pages, list items, and documents. For publishing sites only. Enables users to view, add, update, delete, approve, and customize items or pages on the website.

Read permissions, plus:

Add Items Edit Items

Delete Items

Delete Versions

Browse Directories

Edit Personal User Information

Manage Personal Views

Add/Remove Personal Web Parts

Update Personal Web Parts

Edit

Contribute permissions, plus: • Manage Lists

Approve

Contribute permissions, plus:

Override List Behaviors

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Approve Items

Design

Edit permissions, plus:

Add and Customize Pages Apply Themes and Borders

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Apply Style Sheets

Override List Behaviors

Approve Items

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