Correct way to setup permissions.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:40:07 Z

I have setup a calendar in a Team site and I want to give some folks "view only" access to this calendar and not necessarily access to the rest of the content on the site (which is not relevant to them anyway).

What the correct steps and order to do this? I cannot find any online documentation that addresses this specific question.

TIA

Correct way to setup permissions.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:04:58 Z

Click on View all Site Content. Then go to the Calendar (or whatever the calendar name is). On the blue bar, Settings > Permissions. On the Action drop down select Edit Permissions (to break and create new permissions). Then set the permission to the people you want to access this calendar. You can then go back to the calendar view and send that URL to the people to access it directly.

Hope this helps.

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Correct way to setup permissions.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:21:09 Z

When I click on Settings - I see "Create Column, Create View and List Settings" not "Permissions". What am I missing here

Correct way to setup permissions.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:25:39 Z

Sorry, it should be Settings > List Settings > Permissions for this List.

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Correct way to setup permissions.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:26:26 Z

Ok, never mind. I figured out how to get to the place you wanted me to get to.

However, don't I need to create a group first and than grant permissions to the group?

Correct way to setup permissions.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:28:27 Z

It depends. Do you want to reuse the group? If it is a one off thing, you can just assign individual people to the list. Otherwise, if you plan on using it elsewhere, you can create a group and then assign the group accordingly.

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Correct way to setup permissions.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:37:36 Z

You can assign permissions to either a group or an individual.

Best practice would be to create a group (AD or SharePoint), add your user(s) to that group and assign permissions.

Aaron