alerts

Question

Hi all,

Is there a way to prevent people from adding themselves to alerts for specific lists?  I have 2 third party tools that send out customized alerts and also allows column level permissions.  I can limit access to columns via groups or people and I can send out custom alerts that limit the columns shown in the email.  I found one issue, if someone adds themselves to an OOTB alert, the alert shows all columns including the hidden ones, so I would like to eliminate the option for the lists I have the column permissions set on.

 

TIA,

Joe

Answer 1

Hello,

There is a user permission called Create Alerts.  If you create your own permission level and exclude this permission, users assigned this permission level will not be able to create alerts.

 

Create Custom Permission Level:  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-sharepoint-services-help/manage-permission-levels-HA010100143.aspx

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Chris Caravajal MCTS SharePoint Help

Answer 2

Thank you!! I will look into this.