Find dead SharePoint ActiveDirectory Groups

Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:33:07 +0000

The are three ways to handle access rights in SharePoint.

Using ActiveDirectory Groups
Using SharePoint Groups
Using both of them

I personally recommend to use the first suggestion. Managing the access rights in one system is much easier to administrate, no switching or log off for administration work.

In our SharePoint installation I create for each securable resource and rights type a ActiveDirectory group and assign them organization groups.

A huge disadvantage of this strategy is that after a period of adding ActiveDirectory groups it’s hard to know which of those groups are really required.

Managment on Janik von Rotz

Find dead SharePoint ActiveDirectory Groups