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Sharepoint Default Groups and Permission Levels

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Sharepoint Default Groups and Permission Levels

SharePoint Team Site Template	Other SharePoint Site Template (i.e. publishing site template)
Available default groups
Visitors	Restricted Readers
Members	Style Resource Readers
Owners	Designers
Viewers	Approvers
	Hierarchy Managers
Available default permission levels
View Only	View Only
Limited Access	Limited Access
Read	Read
Edit	Edit
Contribute	Contribute
Design	Design
Full Control	Full Control
	Approve
	Manage Hierarchy
	Restricted Read

Details description of default group:

Group name	Default permission level	Description
Visitors	Read	Use this group to grant people Read permissions to the SharePoint site.
Members	Edit	Use this group to grant people Edit permissions to the SharePoint site.
Owners	Full Control	Use this group to grant people Full Control permissions to the SharePoint site.
Viewers	View Only	Use this group to grant people View Only permissions to the SharePoint site.

Details descriptions of default permission levels:

Default permission level	Description
View Only	Includes permissions that enable users to view pages, list items, and documents.
Limited Access	Includes permissions that enable users to view specific lists, document libraries, list items, folders, or documents, without giving access to all the elements of a site. You cannot edit this permission level directly.
Read	Includes permissions that enable users to view items on the site pages.
Edit	Includes permissions that enable users to add, edit and delete lists; can view, add, update and delete list items and documents.
Contribute	Includes permissions that enable users to add or change items on the site pages or in lists and document libraries.
Design	Includes permissions that enable users to view, add, update, delete, approve, and customize the layout of site pages by using the browser or SharePoint Designer 2013.
Full Control	Includes all permissions.
Approve	Includes permissions to edit and approve pages, list items, and documents.
Manage Hierarchy	Includes permissions to sites and edit pages, list items, and documents.
Restricted Read	Includes permissions to view pages and documents, but not historical versions or permissions information.