Introduction to the Lock-Down Manager
The Lock-Down Manager is used to control which users have access to the Display Wizards and the builder wizards. The concept is simple: an administrator identifies one or more site collections in a web application, enables the Lock-Down feature for the site collection, and then identifies the group(s) that have access to the wizards. Site administrators who are not members of the identified group(s) can still view and place Suite components on a page, but they cannot configure the components.
Lock-Down is not enabled by default. When Lock-Down is not enabled on a site collection, all site administrators have access to use the builder wizards and configure Suite components via the Display Wizards.
When Lock-Down is enabled for a site collection, site administrators who do not have access to the Display Wizards will not see “Display Wizard” as an option on the web part menu for any Suite components. They will see the builder wizards listed on the Site Settings page but if they try to access a builder wizard, an error message will be displayed, stating that the user does not have the necessary access to the wizard.
Lock-Down controls access to both the Display Wizards and the builder wizards; you cannot use it to limit access to the Display Wizards but not the builder wizards, or vice versa.
Before you begin to use the Lock-Down Manager, you should create and populate the SharePoint groups you want to use to define who has access to the wizards in each site collection. In addition, Central Configuration must be enabled (click here for instructions).
NOTE: In order for an individual to have access to the Lock-Down Manager, they must have at least the following minimum site permissions:
•Manage Permissions
•Create Subsites
•Manage Web Site