Setting Permissions on a Document Library in SharePoint

1. Stop Inheriting Permissions from Your SharePoint Site

1. Go to the gear and then click Site Contents.

2. Hover over the document library and then click the ellipsis menu [...] and then click SETTINGS.

   

3. Under Permissions and Management, click Permissions for this document library

   

4.  Click Stop Inheriting Permissions

   

2. Add Users with View Only Access to this Document Library or Change Their Access to View Only

Adding Viewers

1. Click Grant Permissions and then click Enter the email address and then click SHOW OPTIONS and then click change the permission level to View Only and then click Share when finished.

   

• Please note: When adding a SBU Medicine or LISVH (Long Island State Veterans Home) employee, type in the entire email address including the @stonybrookmedicine.edu or @lisvh.org (eg. John.Smith@stonybrookmedicine.edu) and choose that account.
   

Changing a User's Permission to View Only

1. Select the user by place a check next to the name > click Edit User Permissions

   

2. In the Permissions > Edit Permissions window, make sure View Only is checked.  Click OK when finished.