Audience: Franklin University Staff and Faculty members that are an owner of a SharePoint site
Disclaimer: The results and functionality of the following article only apply to audience listed above
This article will cover the basics of adjusting SharePoint user permissions. Please note that adjusting SharePoint permissions will affect access to the Microsoft Teams Site access as well.
In this article:
Add a new member
- Access the SharePoint site for which you need to add new members to.
- Once in the needed SharePoint site select "# Members" from the top right of the webpage:
- After this you will see these options (below)
- Select "Add Members" to add a new member to the SharePoint Site
- Following this you will have a text field where you can type the name, username, or email address of the new member (Below we searched for the word "Test" as an example)
- Lastly, you can hit "Save" to give the new permission. Please note after completing this the new user will be a "Member" of the SharePoint site
Changing member permissions
- Access the SharePoint site for which you need to add new members to.
- Once in the needed SharePoint site select "# Members" from the top right of the webpage:
- After this you will see the screen (below)
- Locate the user whos permissions you wish to adjust and click the arrow (downward carrot) to the right of their current permission
- From here please select the new permission you wish the user to have
Removing a member
- Access the SharePoint site for which you need to add new members to.
- Once in the needed SharePoint site select "# Members" from the top right of the webpage:
- After this you will see the screen (below)
- Locate the user who you wish to remove from the SharePoint Site and click the arrow (downward carrot) to the right of their current permission
- From here please select "Remove from group" to revoke their access
