SharePoint 2016 Site Owners

Lesson 2 – Assigning Permissions and Access Rights

SharePoint 2016

back on, then the parent's permissions are applied to the object and unique permissions are lost.

S ECURABLE O BJECTS IN S HARE P OINT A securable object in SharePoint is any object that has an access list with permission levels associated to users and groups that allow access to the object. Securable objects inherit their access list from their parent, but administrators may break inheritance in order to assign a separate and unique access list to an object. The following table lists the securable objects in SharePoint and defines where they inherit their permissions from.

SECURABLE OBJECT PARENT (FROMWHICH IT INHERITS PERMISSIONS)

Site Collection: Top- Level Site

None. Adjusting the permissions at the top-level site essentially adjust the default permissions inherited by all sites in the site collection. Inherits from its parent site (which may be the top-level site in the collection or its immediate parent site).

Site

List or Library

Inherit permissions from the site.

Folders, Items and Documents

Inherit permissions from the folder, list, or library where they reside.

S ECURITY O PTIONS FOR S ITES You can configure the following security options on sites.

OBJECT AND INHERITANCE

CONFIGURE FROM

CONFIGURATION/ACTION

Site: Inheriting from parent

Site Settings— Users And Permissions— Site permissions

Manage Parent: This requires that you have administrative access to the parent site. Stop Inheriting Permissions: Block inheritance Grant Permissions: Allows you add users and groups to the access control list. Create Group: You can add users to the group and assign permissions to the group once it's created. Check Permissions: Allows you to type users and groups and display the effective permissions of those users and groups.

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