Active Directory and Office 365 Group Visibility Overview

Prerequisites

• You have ShortPoint version 6.5.x.x or later.
• You have one of the following:
  • Security group (AD group) synced to your SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online (Office 365);
  • Security group which contains Users or Group of Users (Office365, Distribution List or Yammer).

Content

Part 1: Change SharePoint Group's Visibility Setting

This part describes how to add Security group (AD group) to SharePoint group and how to configure SharePoint group settings to be ready to work with ShortPoint visibility.

Part 2: Setting ShortPoint element's Visibility

    This part describes how to configure ShortPoint visibility to support Security groups (AD groups)

Part 1: Change SharePoint Group's Visibility Setting

Step 1: Open Site settings page

Click on Gear icon at the top right corner of the page and select Site settings:

Step 2: Open People and groups page

Click on People and groups:

Step 3: Select SharePoint group

Select SharePoint group which will contain Security group (AD group):

Step 4: Add Security group (AD group) to SharePoint group

• Click New:

• Type name of the Security group (AD group) which you want to add to SharePoint group and click on Share button

Step 5: Open Group Settings

Click on Settings > Group Settings

Step 6: Set "Who can view the membership of the group?" setting to Group Members

Step 7: Click OK button to save group settings

Part 2: Setting ShortPoint element's Visibility

Step 1: Insert ShortPoint element or edit existing one.

Note: For this example we have used ShortPoint Tiles Element, but you could use any other ShortPoint element supporting visibility feature. 

Step 2: Open Visibility Tab

Step 3: Select SharePoint group

Set the SharePoint Group which contains Security group to "This ShortPoint is visible only for" or "Do not show it for" property

Step 4: Enable advanced settings

Step 5: Enable support for other groups

Step 6: Insert element

That's it! 

Now ShortPoint visibility will support Security group (AD group) users.

Related articles:

• Managing Visibility of ShortPoint Elements