SharePoint Set Permisssions on Views and Columns

Folks ask all the time is there a way to set View and Column permissions on Lists. The answer is yes there are a couple of SharePoint solutions that do just that.

The first is SPViewPermissionSetting (Powered by Laurent Cotton Aka Suchii - Bewise) http://spviewpermission.codeplex.com/ that allows you to choose what groups have access to specific views

The second is SPListDisplaySetting (Powered by Laurent Cotton Aka Suchii - Bewise) http://splistdisplaysetting.codeplex.com/ that allows you to select the columns that show up in the for new, display, and edit and to choose the group…

There are a few more on Codeplex like OfficeToolbox.SharePoint.Lists v1.0 that only allow you to lock down the column and not choose to allow groups to have different access. http://officetoolbox.codeplex.com/

Note: When using the SPListDisplaySetting and the OfficeToolbox.SharePoint.Lists v1.0 solutions at the same time your results will not be consistent, deactivate one while testing the other…

-Ivan

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