OVERVIEW
This article describes how site owners can add or remove site owners, members or visitors in SharePoint sites.
Note: Most SharePoint sites at SFU are Teams-connected sites. By default, access set in the Team is applied to the connected SharePoint site. Review MS Team how-to guides for more information on MS Teams user management.
ADD SITE OWNERS, MEMBERS OR VISITORS
To add a site owner, member or visitor to your site:
- On your SharePoint site, select Site Access near the top-right corner.
- Enter the name or SFU Email, SFUComputingID@sfu.ca, to add as a site owner, member or visitor.
- Select the user that you're looking to add. Repeat Step 2 and 3 to add multiple users.
- By default, users will be given Read permissions, or site visitor permissions. If you wish to change this, select Read under the user's name, then select Full Control for site owner permissions or Edit for site member permissions.
- If you wish, you can include an invitation with a message. Select Share to add and apply permissions.
- Confirm that you have added site owners, members or visitors.
- Congratulations! You've added site owners, members or visitors to your site. If you have sent out invitation emails, they will receive the following to their SFU Mail:
REMOVE SITE OWNERS, MEMBERS OR VISITORS
To remove a site owner, member or visitor to your site:
- On your SharePoint Online site, select Site Access near the top-right corner.
- On the user you wish to remove, select Full Control / Edit / Read under the user's name, then select Remove.
- Confirm that the user has been removed.
- Congratulations! You've removed site owners, members or visitors to your site.