Forum Discussion
Matt Coats
Feb 12, 2018Iron Contributor
Groups from Sibling Subsites Visible in Subsite, any way to prevent this?
Hi all, just a question, not an issue. I notice when I make subsites under a parent site, the permission groups from sibling subsites (aka subsites also just under the parent) are visible in the subs...
- Feb 13, 2018This is actually by design and one of the reasons people use sub sites - to share SharePoint security groups. To prevent this, create unique site collections for discrete units of work (usually a better approach for the long term, especially for governance, which is the issue you raise). If you want to create related families of sites in SharePoint Online, you will soon be able to use Hub sites.
SusanHanley
Feb 13, 2018MVP
This is actually by design and one of the reasons people use sub sites - to share SharePoint security groups. To prevent this, create unique site collections for discrete units of work (usually a better approach for the long term, especially for governance, which is the issue you raise). If you want to create related families of sites in SharePoint Online, you will soon be able to use Hub sites.