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yossi2001
Apr 25, 2020Copper Contributor
How do I restrict some members to view only excel files within teams, and others to edit?
I have an excel file on Teams that I want to assign some users to view access and some to edit. But I dont see that feature. When I open the file from teams in sharepoint, it allows me to assign us...
PeterRising
Apr 25, 2020MVP
When you open your Teams Document library in SharePoint view, and look at the doc library permissions, you will see three default groups;
Owners
Members
Visitors
Within members, ensure that you only have those users who you wish to be able to edit the files
Within visitors, ensure that you add those who you wish to be able to view only.
Have just tested this and it works as expected. A user I assigned to the visitors group now sees the flies within the Team as below, and cannot edit the files.