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Modifying Membership of a Site Group

You can modify the membership of a specific site group.

To modify membership of a site group, you must at a minimum be a member of a site group (on the portal site) with the Manage Area Permissions right. You can also modify membership of a site group if you are a member of the Administrators site group on that portal site, a member of the SharePoint administrators group, or if you are a member of the local Administrators group on each front-end Web server that hosts the portal site.

Modify membership of a site group

1. On the Site Settings page, in the General Settings section, click Manage security and additional settings.
2. On the Manage Security and Additional Settings page, in the Users and Permissions section, click Manage site groups.
3. On the Manage Site Groups page, click the site group for which you want to modify the membership.
4. On the Members of "site_group" page, do one of the following:

   • Add a member.

     1. Click Add Members.
     2. On the Add Users: portal_site_name page, in the Step 1: Choose Users section, in the Users box, type an e-mail address, cross-site group name, or account name.

        Tips

        • Separate multiple entries with semicolons.
        • Type account names in the format DOMAIN\user_name.
        • To find users from Microsoft Active Directory directory service, click Select users and groups.
     3. In the Step 2: Choose Site Groups section, select the check box for each site group that you want to assign to a user, and then click Next.

        Note  By default, the check box for the site group for which you are modifying the membership is selected.

     4. In the Step 3: Confirm Users section, verify the e-mail address, user name, and display name for each user that you entered in the Step 1: Choose Users section.
     5. In the Step 4: Send E-mail section, do the following:
        1. If you want to send an e-mail message to users telling them that they have been granted access, select the Send the following e-mail to let these users know they've been added check box.
        2. If you want to customize the message, type your changes in the Subject and Body boxes.
     6. Click Finish.

   • Delete a member.

     1. Select the check box for the name of the member that you want to delete.
     2. Click Delete Selected Members.
     3. On the confirmation message, click OK.