Mastering Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0

11.7. The Bottom Line

Define users and groups in SharePoint. SharePoint users are individuals with user accounts that can be authenticated by SharePoint server. Users can be stored in one or more groups. SharePoint understands two types of groups: SharePoint groups and Domain groups.

Master It. Differentiate between the SharePoint group and the Domain group. Determine the preferred method for adding users to SharePoint.

Add users and groups in SharePoint New SharePoint groups can be created to organize user access to websites. User accounts and domain groups from Active Directory can be added to the SharePoint server directly or by being placed into a SharePoint group.

Master It If you add a domain group to a SharePoint group, and then later ...