Security
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Locking down SharePoint so only Integrated App can be used
This is an issue that has been the subject of many questions and below is the series of processes which I believe adequately addresses the structure needed. Firstly, the three initial things to do (which I will not go into any depth with) are: – However, there are a number of inbuilt SharePoint functions that allow a reasonably knowledgeable user to circumvent these controls and do/see things they should not be able to do. The first thing to do is stop users from creating a Personal View to their liking. Firstly, go to Site Permissions > Permission Levels Personal Views Select Contribute and then at the bottom select Copy Permission Level A name is…
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Using Office 365 Groups for Security/Control inside Power Apps
Office 365Groups have many uses, particularly when Security Enabled, for controlling user authorities to access individual Power Apps while also allowing the same group to control access to the data source (“all in one place”). However, you can also use the user’s membership of any group (not necessarily having access to the app and not needing security enablement) to control what they can do and see once the app is opened. This blog discusses the options for enabling the functionality. NOTE: The Office365Groups connector needs to be added to your data sources to implement the concept below. One important thing you need to do first is getting the id of the group…