Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Step by Step

Appendix A. SharePoint 2013 User Permissions and Permission Levels

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 includes 33 user permissions that determine the specific actions that users can perform on a SharePoint site. Permissions are grouped into permission levels. In essence, each permission level is a named collection of permissions that can be assigned to SharePoint users and groups.

There are a number of default permission levels available on a SharePoint 2013 site. For example, seven default permission levels are available on every team site: View Only, Read, Contribute, Edit, Design, Full Control, and Limited Access. When your site is based on a site template other than the Team site template, you will see additional default SharePoint permission levels ...