Sharepoint Questions

[mdrabble]

Currently looking at SharePoint with a view to migrating Shared Docs online and have a couple of questions about SharePoint.

 

1. Is there anyway to stop users from adding/editting pages - but allow them to upload documents etc? - eg. Only Site admins can add pages.

 

I've gone into SharePoint Admin -> Settings -> Pages and removed the ticks from Allow Users to create Pages and allow commenting - but my test user can still add pages

 

2. Can you map a network drive to connect to a sharepoint site? (I personally wouldn't do this, but I've been asked if it is possible)

 

 

Cheers

[supportman]

You can certainly map a SharePoint drive yes but since its over WebDAV then its too slow to use in real life. You also need to think about authentication.

 

https://alexspoint.com/how-to-map-sharepoint-drives/

[robyholmes]

1. Granting 'Contribute' permissions rather than 'Edit' I think is what you need, however I've not checked that.

 

2. You can sync SharePoint libraries using OneDrive client on Windows 10. Depending on the age of the SharePoint site you might need to change these settings:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/let-users-use-new-onedrive-sync-client

[mdrabble]

Cheers guys - managed to sort the page editting issue - https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-prevent-team-site-members-from-editing-sharepoint-pages/

 

Will take a look at the mapping part - although, I am tempted to tell staff it is a no go!

[mdrabble]

Anyone got any Do's and Don'ts when using SharePoint?

 

Cheers