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Jim_Rinke
Jan 18, 2024Copper Contributor
What are best practices for orphaned users?
Is it necessary to remove orphaned users from the User Information List? If we remove orphaned users whose accounts are disabled (not deleted), what happens to files they authored or edited in Shar...
- Apr 19, 2024Its a good Practice to remove Orphaned users from the user info list as it may cause issues related to permission conflict for a user with same name or email. there could be other issues as well.
If we remove orphaned users whose accounts are disabled (not deleted), the files and Metadata never changes and stays as is ever after removing the orphaned users.
Created By and Modified By columns are not affected as removing the Orphaned users doesn't affect the metadata.
Lovneshk
Apr 19, 2024Copper Contributor
Its a good Practice to remove Orphaned users from the user info list as it may cause issues related to permission conflict for a user with same name or email. there could be other issues as well.
If we remove orphaned users whose accounts are disabled (not deleted), the files and Metadata never changes and stays as is ever after removing the orphaned users.
Created By and Modified By columns are not affected as removing the Orphaned users doesn't affect the metadata.
If we remove orphaned users whose accounts are disabled (not deleted), the files and Metadata never changes and stays as is ever after removing the orphaned users.
Created By and Modified By columns are not affected as removing the Orphaned users doesn't affect the metadata.
- Jim_RinkeApr 19, 2024Copper ContributorThanks for your response.