SharePoint Tips and Tricks you cannot live without
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6. Security Group permission lookup
Business Benefit
– Allows to quickly see what access particular security
group has to the whole site collection!
How to
– Site Settings > Site Permissions
– Click on the security group
– Settings > View Group Permissions
Another reason to use security groups – this
does not work with individual user permissions
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7. Drop-down Navigation
Business Benefit
– Allows to quickly create global drop-down navigation without
enabling Publishing features!
– Excellent user adoption technique – quickly get to any site
How to
– Site Settings > Top Link Bar
– Drag and Drop submenus one under another, click Save
– Works best with non-IE browsers
– Special credit to Mike Smith and his blog post on this
awesome technique!
– Reference this blog post for detailed instructions
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8. Enterprise Keywords
Business Benefit
– Allows for quick and easy utilization of metadata
– Improves search experience
– Gives you ideas on how to categorize documents (if you
have no clue)
How to
– Library/List Tab > Library Settings > Enterprise
Metadata and Keywords Settings
– Check the box, click OK
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10. Metadata Navigation
Business Benefit
– Awesome user adoption/usability technique
– Provides amazing search experience for business users
– Partially mitigates 5,000 view item limit because it
indexes those columns in the background
How to
– Refer to this blog post for detailed instructions