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Brent Ellis's avatar
Brent Ellis
Silver Contributor
Nov 18, 2016

Why don't O365 Groups (SharePoint) respect Global Admin / SharePoint Admin settings?

We have a team of Global SharePoint Admins that support SharePoint across the board.  If the user is a Global Admin or a  SharePoint Admin, why can they not access an O365 SharePoint Site without bei...
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Ivan54's avatar
Ivan54
Bronze Contributor
Nov 18, 2016

No clue, I've also learned, that I have to be Member to see content, as Owner doesn't seem to be enough of a priviledge.

  • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
    jcgonzalezmartin
    MVP
    Nov 18, 2016
    The workaround could be to assign those users to Groups sites as Site Collection Administrators using PowerShell
    • Brent Ellis's avatar
      Brent Ellis
      Silver Contributor
      Nov 18, 2016

      Confirmed it worked

      Even things like changing regional settings from the UI get access denied as a SCA. Lots of work to rationalize what "really" is this restricted Group SharePoint site versus an actual SharePoint site

      • Salvatore Biscari's avatar
        Salvatore Biscari
        Silver Contributor
        Nov 18, 2016

        Please, can you share how did you confirm it worked, exactly?

        I am under the impression that it appears to work but t doesn't actually work...