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ControlPoint 8.8 - User Guide

Preface Getting Started with ControlPoint Using Discovery to Collect Information for the ControlPoint Database Cache Searching for SharePoint Sites Managing SharePoint Objects Using ControlPoint Policies to Control Your SharePoint Environment Managing SharePoint User Permissions Data Analysis and Reporting
Specifying Parameters for Your Analysis Analysis Results Display Generating a SharePoint Summary Report Analyzing Activity Analyzing Object Properties Analyzing Storage Analyzing Content Generating a SharePoint Hierarchy Report Analyzing Trends Auditing Activities and Changes in Your SharePoint Environment Analyzing SharePoint Alerts Analyzing ControlPoint Policies Analyzing Users and Permissions The ControlPoint Task Audit Viewing Logged Errors
Scheduling a ControlPoint Operation Saving, Modifying and Running Instructions for a ControlPoint Operation Using the ControlPoint Governance Policy Manager Using Sensitive Content Manager to Analyze SharePoint Content for Compliance Using ControlPoint Sentinel to Detect Anomalous Activity Provisioning SharePoint Site Collections and Sites Default Menu Options for ControlPoint Users About Us

Created Settings to Override ControlPoint Default Security

By default, ControlPoint is security trimmed to enforce SharePoint permissions.  ControlPoint Application Administrators can, however, override these permissions to allow user groups that have been defined in the ControlPoint Configuration site to perform ControlPoint analyses and/or actions on site collections and sites for which they do not have management permissions.

You can use security overrides in conjunction with Customizing ControlPoint Menus to tailor your ControlPoint environment to best suit the needs of your organization.

NOTE:  These settings do not override a user's permissions for the SharePoint sites themselves.  (For example, it will not give a user permission to open a SharePoint site or make changes via SharePoint site settings pages if they have not been granted permissions to do so in SharePoint.  Nor will a user who does not have permissions for Central Administration be able to use ControlPoint menu items that directly invoke Central Administration pages.)

To add security override  to ControlPoint

NOTE:  Because the use of security overrides should involve careful consideration and planning, they are createable (hidden) settings.

1From the ControlPoint Configuration Settings Manager, click [Create] .

2Use the information in the following to determine the appropriate action to take

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allow members of one or more ControlPoint user groups to perform data analyses for any site collection or site in the farm

Override Security Trimming for Running Reports.

allow members of one or more ControlPoint user groups to perform ControlPoint actions and analyses on any site collection/site in the farm

Override Security Trimming for All ControlPoint Operations.

CAUTION:  Because  implications of taking actions are much more significant than viewing data, it is recommended that ControlPoint Application Administrators use extreme care when configuring this setting.  (Remember that you can also customize ControlPoint menus to give groups of users access to a subset of actions.  See Guidelines for Creating Customized Menus for Different Groups of Users.)

3Navigate to the new setting and open it for editing.

4For New Value, enter the name of each ControlPoint group whose security trimming you want to override.

NOTE:  If you want to extend this privilege to more than one group, enter the group names in a comma-separated list (with no spaces between group names). If you want to extend it to all ControlPoint groups, enter ALL.

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