Manage permissions directly from site homepage

Summary:
Display the members or key site permission group on the homepage and a link directly to the add new user pop up window.

Scenario:
A user has several confidential projects each with a separate contributors or readers. Each project library will need a separate library with unique permissions. To easily manage this, add the permission web part for the library to their own pages, the team can see who are the guest editors and readers and can manage the permissions for each directly on the page.

Benefits:

1. Less clicks. Users do not have to navigate to the site settings, then site permissions then select the permission group to add new users. They can do this on the same page where they are uploading/managing documents.
2. It gives easy visibility and transparency on who has access to the site, webpage or library.

Instructions:

1. Edit the page
2. Select add a webpart
3. In the Social collaboration section, select Site Users
4.  Edit the webpart Site Users
   1. Change the display type to Show people in group and specify the correct permission group
   2. Change Toolbar to No Toolbar – we will add a manual link underneath it
   3. Update the webpart Title as needed. Examples: Team Members or Guest Editors
   4. Under the advanced section, Add a link to the permission group. This will allow the users to get to the full permission group easily and remove users
   5. Select Ok to save the changes
5. Add a Content editor webpart to the page beneath the site users webpart
6. Add the text “Add new user”, hyperlink it as follows:
   1. Update the URL below with your site and the permission groups ID – that is the number at the ends of the permission group URL
   2. javascript:OpenPopUpPage('https://{YOUR SITE}/_layouts/aclinv.aspx?GroupId={ID}' , RefreshPage
7. Now users can click the link and add users to the permission group.