SharePoint

When setting up a SharePoint sync in Unthread, you can choose how document permissions are handled.

Permission options

Mirror SharePoint Permissions

• Syncs permissions directly from SharePoint (this is the existing behavior).
• For this to work properly, the relevant user groups must be synced in Unthread beforehand.

Manage Permissions in Unthread

• Syncs the content from SharePoint, but you manage access and permissions exclusively within Unthread.

Files with no SharePoint access (“Nobody”)

For files that have no assigned access in SharePoint:

• Previously: these files would not sync.
• Now: these files will sync, but no one can access them in Unthread until permissions are granted.
• In Unthread, these documents appear with “Nobody” next to them.

Applying the permission setting

• If you re-run an existing sync, articles/files with no one allowed access will start syncing in (and will show as “Nobody”).
• To disable mirroring altogether (i.e., switch away from “Mirror SharePoint Permissions”), you must create a new sync—the new permission setting is available when creating the sync.