Permission Levels

Permission levels are sets of permissions that are grouped together to provide a specific level or class of rights within a site.

Out of the box SharePoint provides six (6) default permission levels:

• Full control: This permission level has all available permissions. Members have administrative level access to the site and to all of the site’s resources. This permission level cannot be changed or deleted from SharePoint.
• Design: This permission level has the ability to manage lists, libraries and pages within the site and to approve content.
• Contribute: This permission level provides the ability to manage the content of the lists and libraries within the site.
• Read: This permission level grants the right to view or read site content.
• Limited Access: This permission level is designed to be combined with list or library permissions to grant access to only specific lists and libraries without granting rights to any other site resources. This permission level is only assigned by SharePoint based on other rights configurations. It cannot be manually assigned, changed or deleted.