Viewing SharePoint permissions for users and user groups

You can view details of the SharePoint permissions for a user on the Permissions tab.

To view the SharePoint permissions assigned to a user

  1. On the Workspace tab, navigate to the Users list-view.
  2. Click a user. The Summary panel populates to display additional details.
  3. Click Expand Profile on the Summary panel to display the underlying user-centric views.

    By default, the Overview tab displays a summary of the selected user

  4. Click Permissions. Or right-click the user in the navigation pane, and select Permissions.
  5. Enter the URL of the site in the Select Share or Site Collection field and click GO. Or click the search icon and from the Select Resource widget select a URL and click OK. A pop-up displays the list of children of the selected. It also displays the roles for the selected users.

    Use the device filter in the content pane to search for specific devices where selected user has permissions. The Devices with permission filter is applied by default. The filter pane displays the list of filers or web applications that have some shares or site collections on which the selected user has permissions.

    Or, click the drop-down to select a specific type of storage device, disabled filers or web applications, or devices where the user has permissions.

    At the share-level in the hierarchy, you can also filter the paths using other predefined filters, such as disabled share or site collections where the user has permissions.

  6. A summary of the permissions that are assigned to the user on the selected site collection appears. It includes the following details:
    • The path at which the access control entry has been defined for the user or the group to which the user belongs.

    • The type of role.

    • Unique permissions defined on:

      The folder and its descendants.

      The descendants.

      The folder.

  7. Select a role that is assigned to a path to view all permissions included in that role.