Copy Group Membership Permissions of a User in SharePoint using PowerShell
Requirement: Copy SharePoint Group Memberships of one user to another user
Solution: You can copy group memberships of one user to another user to have identical SharePoint Permissions for a SharePoint Site. Here is the PowerShell Script:
PowerShell Script to copy Group Memberships from One user to another:
If you want to clone a particular user's permissions, use this PowerShell script: PowerShell to Copy Permissions in SharePoint
Solution: You can copy group memberships of one user to another user to have identical SharePoint Permissions for a SharePoint Site. Here is the PowerShell Script:
PowerShell Script to copy Group Memberships from One user to another:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #Configuration Parameters $SiteURL="http://intranet.crescent.com" $SourceUserID="i:0#.w|Crescent\Salaudeen" $TargetUserID="Crescent\Opera" #Get the web $web = Get-SPWeb $SiteURL #Get All group membershipss of the source user $UserGroups = Get-SPUser $SourceUserID -web $SiteURL | Select -ExpandProperty Groups #Get the Target User $TargetUser = $web.EnsureUser($TargetUserID) #Add target user to each group Foreach($GroupName in $UserGroups) { Write-Host "Adding User to the Group:"$GroupName #Get the Group $Group = $Web.SiteGroups[$GroupName] #Add User to Group $Group.AddUser($TargetUser) }Alternatively, to add a user to SharePoint group, you can use Set-SPUser cmdlet
Set-SPUser -Identity $TargetUser -Web $SiteURL -Group $GroupNameHowever, if the group doesn't has access to the site, you'll get an error message: "The specified group does not exist."
If you want to clone a particular user's permissions, use this PowerShell script: PowerShell to Copy Permissions in SharePoint
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