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What is Limited Access Anyway?

UPDATE 11/03/08: Be sure to read the excellent and detailed comment from Dessie Lunsford to this post. I’ve been working on a secret tech editing project for an up-coming book and it references this blog entry by Tyler Butler on the MSDN ECM blo…

Quick Tip: Configure Security to Allow Admins to Access any My Site in SharePoint

In a sign that Social Computing is beginning to take off with SharePoint, I see an increased number of My Site type questions. One common question goes something like this: "I am an administrator and I need to be able to access every My Site. H…

Views and Columns on Lists and Document Libraries Cannot Be Secured

UPDATE (02/29/08): This new codeplex project seems to provide a method for securing individual columns: http://www.codeplex.com/SPListDisplaySetting. If you have any experience working with it, please leave a comment. Forum posters frequently ask a …

Solution: System.IO.FileNotFoundException on “SPSite = new SPSite(url)”

UPDATE: I posted this question to MSDN here (http://forums.microsoft.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2808543&SiteID=1&mode=1) and Michael Washam of Microsoft responded with a concise answer. I created a web service to act as a BDC-friend…

Minimum Security Required For InfoPath Forms

I needed to meet a security requirement for an InfoPath form today. In this business situation, a relatively small number of individuals are allowed to create a new InfoPath form and a much wider audience are allowed to edit it. (This is new-hire o…

SharePoint Does Not Provide “Who Has Access” Reports

UPDATE 01/28/08: This codeplex project addresses this issue: http://www.codeplex.com/AccessChecker. I have not used it, but it looks promising if this is an issue you need to address in your environment. UPDATE 11/13/08: Joel Oleson wrote up a very …

SharePoint Security Fundamentals Primer / Avoid Common Pitfalls

UPDATE 12/18/07: See Paul Liebrand’s article for some technical consequences of removing or modifying the default group names (see his comment below as well). Overview: SharePoint security is easy to configure and manage. However, it has pr…