Allow non-Members to Manage SharePoint Folder Permissions
Students, faculty, and staff can add a user to their SharePoint site as a manager of certain folders. This guide will call this person a pseudo-Owner. This person will be able to manage permissions of certain folders, but not the SharePoint site as a whole.
The instructions below are easily reversible with one button click. Visit Stop Sharing an item in 365 to undo the actions taken in this guide and remove all unique permissions of the folder.
Add the user
Visit s.uconn.edu/sharepoint and sign in with your email address and NetID password.
Click on the desired SharePoint site to open it.
Find the folder you with to add your pseudo-Owner to, but do not open the folder.
Right-click on the folder and choose Manage access.
In the popup window, click on the ellipsis in the top-right corner.
Click on Advanced settings.In the top-left corner, click on Stop Inheriting Permissions. This allows you to create unique permissions for the folder.
Click OK in the warning popup.Optional: Click on the checkboxes of the Members or Visitors groups, or everyone else who should not have access to the folder
Click on Remove User Permissions to make the folder invisible to them.
Click on Grant Permissions to add your pseudo-Owner(s).
Complete the popup box:
Enter their name or email address to find them in our directory.
Click on SHOW OPTIONS
You can uncheck the “Send an email invitation” if you wish.
Change their permission level to “Full Control”
Click Share.
Refresh the page to see your changes.
Repeat this process for others folders if necessary.
Undo the Special Permissions
Follow Steps 1-5 above to visit the Advanced Settings for the folder.
Find the pseudo-Owner in the list and check their checkbox.
Click on Remove User Permissions to remove them from the folder.
Refresh the page to see your changes.