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Locking folders in sharepoint
Hi, We have a large SharePoint/TeamSite, with lots of users! Occasionally a user without purpose moves or deletes a folder. Is it possible to lock certain folders I SharePoint, so users cant mov...
Peaknet Afraid not, I get asked it a lot. There are a few things that can be done to mitigate the situation if it is causing problems.
1. Have more document libraries rather than top level folders.
2. User education to what they are doing.
3. Train site owners to find and fix issues if you have given them this responsibility.
In theory you could "lock" the top level folders with permissions and then have the second level folders open to allow users to add/edit/delete files but I wouldn't recommend doing that as it would be a big admin overhead and a very messy permission model.
Best advice, educate and trust your users not to do it, which I know is easy said than done.