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Limited Access Mode in Office 365 Group SharePoint Site
AFAIK, Limited access is still there.
"Limited Access enables a user or group to browse to a site page or library to access a specific content item when they do not have permissions to open or edit any other items in the site or library. This level is automatically assigned by SharePoint when you provide access to one specific item. You cannot assign Limited Access permissions directly to a user or group yourself. Instead, when you assign edit or open permissions to the single item, SharePoint automatically assigns Limited Access to other required locations, such as the site or library in which the single item is located."
From https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Understanding-permission-levels-in-SharePoint-87ecbb0e-6550-491a-8826-c075e4859848
Well, I believe that the "new" security model is different only on the surface.
I mean that several details are now hidden in order to prevent people to shoot in their feet, but behind the scenes everything is unchanged.
Just my opinion, of course...
- Of course, you are right and we have talked many times about this...if Microsoft is "surfacing" the security model in a different way is because of something :-)
- And I guess that is my question. Is it different enough that limited access is no longer a thing. Someone with explicit access to a folder in a library doesn't have limited access to the site, just the library.
