Do you remove orphaned users from SharePoint?

Did you know that when you delete or disable a user in Active Directory or Azure Active Directory the user is still stored in SharePoint. Did you also know that SharePoint retains any permissions that the user did have in SharePoint at the time? This means that if the user returns and their account is re-enabled they will have all of the same permissions that they had before. Luckily for us ShareGate offer us an easy way to remove these 'orphaned users'.

1. Open ShareGate Desktop
2. Click All reports | Orphaned user report

   

3. Add your connection

   

4. Add your site address, Choose your Authentication method and press Connect

   

5. Choose Navigate to choose individual sites or tick the box to choose all sites and teams folders

   

6. Under Navigate choose the individual site | Click Next

   

7. Click Run now

   

8. Select Users | Select Clean orphaned users

   

9. Click Continue

   

10. View results of report