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Expand access.md into a canonical permissions reference covering all
required SharePoint permissions for Enterprise Auditor: application
server (agent-less only), farm, web application, database, and
MySites/OneDrive. Adds Overview section, Application server permissions
from agentlesspermissions.md, and MySites/OneDrive section. Applies
style guide: numbered steps, sentence-case headings, backticks for
technical identifiers, bold UI elements. Fixes ShaerPoint_Config typo.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…s and add cross-links

Remove duplicated farm, web application, and database permission
configuration steps from agentlesspermissions.md. Replace with a
cross-reference to the canonical permissions page (access.md).
Update overview.md link text to match the new canonical page title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Expand access.md into a canonical permissions reference covering all
required SharePoint permissions for Access Analyzer: application
server (agent-less only), farm, web application, database, and
MySites/OneDrive. Adds Overview section, Application server permissions
from agentlesspermissions.md, and MySites/OneDrive section. Applies
style guide: numbered steps, sentence-case headings, backticks for
technical identifiers, bold UI elements. Fixes ShaerPoint_Config typo.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…s and add cross-links

Remove duplicated farm, web application, and database permission
configuration steps from agentlesspermissions.md. Replace with a
cross-reference to the canonical permissions page (access.md).
Update overview.md link text to match the new canonical page title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Enterprise Auditor to call the SharePoint web services to gather permissions, site hierarchy, and
content information remotely.

Follow these steps to configure farm-level permissions on SharePoint 2013 through SharePoint 2019:
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[Netwrix.FollowTheStepsTo] Avoid 'Follow these steps to'. Use a direct heading and numbered list instead.

permissions at the web application level. This allows Enterprise Auditor to execute web service
calls against **Central Administration**.

Follow these steps to configure web application-level permissions on SharePoint 2013 through
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⚠️ [vale] reported by reviewdog 🐶
[Netwrix.FollowTheStepsTo] Avoid 'Follow these steps to'. Use a direct heading and numbered list instead.


Follow the steps to configure the SharePoint database server permissions on SharePoint 2013 through
SharePoint 2019 farms.
Follow these steps to configure database server permissions:
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⚠️ [vale] reported by reviewdog 🐶
[Netwrix.FollowTheStepsTo] Avoid 'Follow these steps to'. Use a direct heading and numbered list instead.

Access Analyzer to call the SharePoint web services to gather permissions, site hierarchy, and
content information remotely.

Follow these steps to configure farm-level permissions on SharePoint 2013 through SharePoint 2019:
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[Netwrix.FollowTheStepsTo] Avoid 'Follow these steps to'. Use a direct heading and numbered list instead.

permissions at the web application level. This allows Access Analyzer to execute web service calls
against **Central Administration**.

Follow these steps to configure web application-level permissions on SharePoint 2013 through
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[Netwrix.FollowTheStepsTo] Avoid 'Follow these steps to'. Use a direct heading and numbered list instead.


Follow the steps to configure the SharePoint database server permissions on SharePoint 2013 through
SharePoint 2019 farms.
Follow these steps to configure database server permissions:
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[Netwrix.FollowTheStepsTo] Avoid 'Follow these steps to'. Use a direct heading and numbered list instead.

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docs/accessanalyzer/11.6/requirements/sharepoint/sharepoint/sharepoint/access.md

Line 75: Passive voice. "The service account is provisioned as" should use active voice per the style guide requirement "Always use active voice rather than passive voice." Change to "The service account now has Site Collection Auditor privileges on" for consistency with line 45.

Line 94: Passive voice. "The service account is provisioned with" should use active voice per the style guide requirement. Change to "The service account now has" for consistency with line 45.

docs/accessanalyzer/12.0/requirements/sharepoint/sharepoint/sharepoint/access.md

Line 75: Passive voice. "The service account is provisioned as" should use active voice per the style guide requirement "Always use active voice rather than passive voice." Change to "The service account now has Site Collection Auditor privileges on" for consistency with line 45.

Line 94: Passive voice. "The service account is provisioned with" should use active voice per the style guide requirement. Change to "The service account now has" for consistency with line 45.


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then click **Finish**.
6. Repeat step 5 for each web application in scope.

The service account is provisioned as `Site Collection Auditor` on all web applications to be
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The service account is provisioned as `Site Collection Auditor` on all web applications to be
The service account now has `Site Collection Auditor` privileges on all web applications to be

databases begin with `WSS_Content`, but they can be customized)

**Step 2 –** Provision the service account to have:
The service account is provisioned with the required SharePoint database permissions.
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Suggested change
The service account is provisioned with the required SharePoint database permissions.
The service account now has the required SharePoint database permissions.

then click **Finish**.
6. Repeat step 5 for each web application in scope.

The service account is provisioned as `Site Collection Auditor` on all web applications to be
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The service account is provisioned as `Site Collection Auditor` on all web applications to be
The service account now has `Site Collection Auditor` privileges on all web applications to be

databases begin with `WSS_Content`, but they can be customized)

**Step 2 –** Provision the service account to have:
The service account is provisioned with the required SharePoint database permissions.
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Suggested change
The service account is provisioned with the required SharePoint database permissions.
The service account now has the required SharePoint database permissions.

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