- You must be a "Site Owner" to do this.
Log into SharePoint on the web and navigate to the SharePoint site url - In the top right click on the gear icon (after it eventually loads)
- Select "Site permissions"
- Click on "Advanced permissions settings" at the bottom
- Click on the "{site name} members" group.
- Check the box next to the group corresponding to the AD Domain Group ("{site name} Share") containing the standard users.
- Click on "Actions" and select "Remove Users from Group" and click OK to confirm
- Use the browser back button to go back to the Site Permissions page
- Click on the "Grant Permissions" Button at the top
- Invite people: add the ("{site name} Share") group
- Click on "Show Options" and Deselect the "Send and email invitation"
- Change the permission level to "Read"
- click "Share"
- Navigate back to the sites' document library (click on "Documents" on the left in the navigation pane)
- On each of the Root Folders:
- Select the "..." and click on "Manage Access"
- On the "Manage Access" popup window, select the "..." at the top and click Advanced Settings
- Click on "Stop Inheriting Permissions" button on the top bar, then "OK" for the popup "You are about to create unique permissions for this folder."
- Check the box next to the group corresponding to the AD Domain Group ("{site name} Share") containing the standard users.
- Click on "Edit User Permissions" on the top bar
- Check the box for "Edit", deselect the others (ie. Read), and click OK
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Modified on: Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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