Checking effective permission user interface
Once SharePoint 2010 is rolled out into an environment, it takes on a life of its own. Team sites, project sites, and other collaboration sites are created to fit the pressing business needs.
Along with each of these sites, security may be manipulated by breaking inheritance. This type of granularity breeds complexity. Sites are provisioned but not decommissioned due to the sheer number of sites. It is a common request from users to know what sites they have access to and what permissions they have on those sites. There is functionality within sites that provides such information.
The following recipe shows how to use this functionality.
Getting ready
You must be a site owner or site collection administrator.
How to do it...
1. Navigate to the desired team site.
2. Click Site Actions and then Site Permissions.
3. Click the Check Permissions option on the ribbon.
4. The following screen pops up:
5. Enter the name of a user or group.
6. Click Check Now. The...
