{"id":526,"date":"2018-02-11T22:08:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T03:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/?p=526"},"modified":"2018-03-14T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T19:12:01","slug":"changing-permissions-in-office-365-group-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/?p=526","title":{"rendered":"Changing Default Permissions in Office 365 Group Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CloudLock\"<\/a>Changing the permissions assigned to the default Owners, Members, and Visitors groups in a SharePoint site is easy.  You just navigate to Site Settings > Site Permissions<\/strong>.  Then select the group whose permissions you want to change and assign them a new permission level using the Edit User Permissions<\/strong> button in the Ribbon.  But that won\u2019t work in the Site created behind an Office 365 Group.  When you try to use the same procedure you find that the Edit User Permissions<\/strong> button is greyed out if you select any of the built in administrative groups.  (See the Screenshot below.<\/p>\n

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The problem is that Office groups are created when you create a Security Group in Office 365. By default that security group is added to the built-in Members group of the Site Collection.  To make sure that you don\u2019t inadvertently lock users out of the site Microsoft disables your ability to change the permission on the default Administrative groups when using an Office Group based site.  <\/p>\n

But there is still a way to modify the permissions for the users in the groups.  If you navigate to the home page of the site and select Site Permissions<\/strong> from the Settings menu (the gear) you will see a panel open on the right hand side of the browser window.  Under Site Members<\/strong> you will see the security group that provides the basis for the Office group you created. If you select Edit <\/strong>under that group you can change the permissions for the members of the group to either Read <\/strong>or Full Control. <\/strong>However, instead of changing the permission level for the group it will actually move the security group to either the Site Visitors<\/strong> or Site Owners<\/strong> groups respectively.<\/p>\n

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But what if I want to change the default group\u2019s permissions to Contribute<\/strong> instead of Edit<\/strong>? To do that you\u2019ll need to use two different SharePoint groups.  <\/p>\n