Site Collection Security
After a user is authenticated, you then can authorize that user to view or modify existing content in addition to creating content. SharePoint technologies authorize users at the site collection level, including the Central Administration site collection. For example, you might authorize a user to read documents in a document library, but not grant him or her the ability to change documents. Within a site collection, authorization can be specified on a per-object basis, such as a document or folder.
Site Collection Administrators
Site collection administrators are assigned when a site collection is created. There must always be at least one site collection administrator, and this account cannot be an Active Directory group. ...
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