Copy Permission Levels in SharePoint using PowerShell
Requirement: Copy permission level in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell
PowerShell to Copy permission level programmatically in SharePoint
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#Configuration parameters
$WebURL="https://portal.crescent.com"
$SourcePermissionLevelName="Contribute"
$TargetPermissionLevelName="Contribute without Delete"
#Get the Source Permission Level
$SourcePermissionLevel = $Web.RoleDefinitions[$SourcePermissionLevelName]
#sharepoint copy permission level
$TargetPermissionLevel = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPRoleDefinition($SourcePermissionLevel)
#Remove "Delete" Base permission
$TargetPermissionLevel.BasePermissions = "ViewListItems, AddListItems, EditListItems, OpenItems, ViewVersions, DeleteVersions, ManagePersonalViews, ViewFormPages, Open, ViewPages, CreateSSCSite, BrowseDirectories, BrowseUserInfo, AddDelPrivateWebParts, UpdatePersonalWebParts, UseClientIntegration, UseRemoteAPIs, CreateAlerts, EditMyUserInfo"
#Add the New Permission Level
$TargetPermissionLevel.Name= $TargetPermissionLevelName
#permission level description
$TargetPermissionLevel.Description="Contribute without Delete Permission Level"
$web.RoleDefinitions.Add($TargetPermissionLevel)
write-host "Permission level Copied successfully!"
The above PowerShell script copies permission level programmatically in SharePoint 2013/2010 and applies given base permissions. While it copies an existing permission level into a new permission level, How about copying permission level between site collections?
Copy Permission Level between site collections using PowerShell:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Function Copy-PermissionLevel($SourceWebURL, $TargetWebURL, $PermissionLevelName)
{
#Get the Webs
$SourceWeb = Get-SPWeb $SourceWebURL
$TargetWeb = Get-SPWeb $TargetWebURL
#Check if given Source permission level exists
if($SourceWeb.RoleDefinitions[$PermissionLevelName] -ne $null)
{
#Get the Source Permission Level
$SourcePermissionLevel = $SourceWeb.RoleDefinitions[$PermissionLevelName]
#Check if Target permission level name already exists!
if($TargetWeb.RoleDefinitions[$PermissionLevelName] -eq $null)
{
#sharepoint copy permission level
$TargetPermissionLevel = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPRoleDefinition($SourcePermissionLevel)
#Add the New Permission Level
$TargetWeb.RoleDefinitions.Add($TargetPermissionLevel)
write-host "Permission level Copied successfully!" -f Green
}
else
{
write-host "Permission Level Already Exists!" -f Red
}
}
else
{
write-host "Source Permission Level Not Found!" -f Red
}
}
#Configuration Variables
$SourceURL="https://portal.crescent.com/"
$TargetURL="https://portal.crescent.com/sites/sales"
$PermissionLevelName="Contribute without Deletes"
#Call the function to copy permission level between site collections
Copy-PermissionLevel $SourceURL $TargetURL $PermissionLevelName
