Assigning SharePoint groups to SharePoint user accounts
Groups can be assigned directly or indirectly to employees. In the case of indirect assignment, employees and groups are arranged in hierarchical roles. The number of groups assigned to an employee is calculated from the position in the hierarchy and the direction of inheritance.
If you add an employee to hierarchical roles and the employee owns a user authenticated user account, the user account is added to the group. Prerequisites for indirect assignment of employees to user accounts:
- Assignment of employees and groups is permitted for role classes (departments, cost centers, locations, or business roles).
- The Group authenticated option is not set in the user accounts.
- User accounts are marked with the Groups can be inherited option.
- User accounts and groups belong to the same site collection.
Groups can also be assigned to employees through IT Shop requests. So that groups can be assigned using IT Shop requests, employees are added to a shop as customers. All groups assigned to this shop can be requested by the customers. Requested groups are assigned to the employees after approval is granted.
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Assigning SharePoint groups to departments, cost centers and locations
Assign groups to departments, cost centers, and locations in order to assign user accounts to them through these organizations.
To assign a group to departments, cost centers, or locations (non role-based login)
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In the Manager, select the SharePoint > Groups category.
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Select the group in the result list.
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Select the Assign organizations task.
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In the Add assignments pane, assign the organizations:
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On the Departments tab, assign departments.
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On the Locations tab, assign locations.
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On the Cost centers tab, assign cost centers.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove assigned organizations.
To remove an assignment
- Save the changes.
To assign groups to a department, a cost center, or a location (non role-based login or role-based login)
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In the Manager, select the Organizations > Departments category.
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In the Manager, select the Organizations > Cost centers category.
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In the Manager, select the Organizations > Locations category.
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Select the department, cost center, or location in the result list.
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Select the Assign SharePoint groups task.
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In the Add assignments pane, assign groups.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove the assignment of groups.
To remove an assignment
- Save the changes.
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Assigning SharePoint groups to business roles
Installed modules: |
Business Roles Module |
You assign groups to business roles in order to assign them to user accounts though business roles.
To assign a group to a business role (non role-based login)
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In the Manager, select the SharePoint > Groups category.
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Select the group in the result list.
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Select the Assign business roles task.
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In the Add assignments pane, select the role class and assign business roles.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove assigned business roles.
To remove an assignment
- Save the changes.
To assign groups to a business role (non role-based login or role-based login)
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In the Manager, select the Business roles > <role class> category.
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Select the business role in the result list.
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Select the Assign SharePoint groups task.
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In the Add assignments pane, assign the groups.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove the assignment of groups.
To remove an assignment
- Save the changes.
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Assigning SharePoint user accounts directly to a SharePoint group
Groups can be assigned directly or indirectly to user accounts. Indirect assignment can only be used for user authenticated user accounts. Direct assignment can only be used for group and user authenticated user accounts.
User accounts and groups must belong to the same site collection.
To assign a group directly to user accounts
- Select the SharePoint > Groups category.
- Select the group in the result list.
- Select the Assign user accounts task.
- In the Add assignments pane, assign user accounts.
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In the Remove assignments pane, remove user accounts.
- Save the changes.
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