Pro SharePoint 2010 Administration

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Security and Policy

Asking users to upload important documents and information content to SharePoint without providing a level of security to protect their data is like driving without a seatbelt. Users like to know that their data is secure when asked to move it from their work machines to shared servers and collaborative platforms, like SharePoint. Therefore, Microsoft has ensured that SharePoint, since the early days, has had security measures baked into the platform. The security model in SharePoint 2010 itself has not changed a lot since the previous version, SharePoint 2007, which benefits users of the legacy version, since they do not have to learn a new model for securing user content.

Security in SharePoint has similarities ...