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In SharePoint Server, what permissions give you complete access to all CONTENT regardless of other permissions set on that content?

In SharePoint Server, what permissions give you complete access to all CONTENT regardless of other permissions set on that content?

  • Site Owners
  • Farm Administrators Group
  • User Permissions on Web Application
  • Site Collection Administrators 
In SharePoint Server, what permissions give you complete access to all CONTENT regardless of other permissions set on that content?

EXPLANATION

SharePoint has a hierarchy for permissions. Starting at the top it goes: Farm->Web Application->Site Collection (known as just a 'Site')->Subsite (known as a 'Web')->Item.
The question asks which permission gives you access to the content without regard for lower permissions. The top permissions group, the Farm Administrators, do not automatically have access to content. The next level is the correct level. User Permissions on the Web Application can allow or deny Read or Full Control permissions to all content under that Web Application, even if that user has no rights or even deny rights at the site, web and item levels. These permissions are normally used to setup a search crawl account so that it is able to crawl through and index all of the content, but it can also be used to create a Web Application super user. The next permissions level, Site Collection Administrators, can also be granted access to content but they can have that access removed at a lower level.
For further reading on this please see https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Permissions-for-site-collection-administrators-f7f82b3e-7ef....

 

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