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Add and Grant Permission to SiteMinder Users

You can add SiteMinder users to SharePoint and assign permission levels depending on the roles. Permission levels allow users to perform a set of related tasks.

Follow these steps:

1. Start SharePoint 2010 Central Administration from Start, Programs, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.

   The Central Administration home page appears.

2. Click Manage web applications, in the Application Management section.

   The Web Applications Management page appears with a list of available web applications.

3. Click the web application name for which you want to add users.

   The buttons on the ribbon become available.

4. Click User Policy on the ribbon.

   The Policy for Web Application dialog appears.

5. Click Add Users.

   The Select Zone dialog appears.

6. Verify that the Zone you want appears in the drop-down list, and then Click Next.

   The Add Users dialog appears.

7. Click the Browse button, in the Choose Users section, below the Users text box.

   The Select People and Groups – Webpage Dialog appears.

8. Browse and select the user group to search for the user.

   The right pane displays the search results with the list of users.

9. Select the user and click Add.

   SharePoint adds the selected user.

10. (Optional) Repeat steps 8 and 9 to select additional users.
11. Click OK.

    The Add Users dialog appears and displays the selected users.

12. Select the required permissions for the users, in the Choose Permissions section.
13. Click Finish.

    SharePoint adds the selected users and assigns the selected permissions to the users.