Determining my permissions in a SharePoint site

This recipe shows you how to work out the permission levels you have been granted in a SharePoint Team Site.

Getting ready

This recipe works for:

  • SharePoint 2010 Foundation
  • SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition
  • SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition
  • SharePoint 2010 Online (Office 365 Edition)

You will need a SharePoint site that you want to check your permissions on. This recipe uses a Team Site for illustration.

You do not require any particular permission level to use this recipe. However, the outcome of this recipe is directly determined by the permission levels that you have been granted.

Note

You will only be able to follow this recipe as far as your permission levels will allow. If you have not been granted any ...

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