Do you remove orphaned users from SharePoint?
Last updated by Rob Thomlinson [SSW] 9 days ago.See historyDid you know that when you delete or disable a user in Active Directory or Entra ID 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'.
- Open ShareGate Desktop
- Click All reports | Orphaned user report
Figure: Orphaned user report - Add your connection
Figure: Add connection - Add your site address, Choose your Authentication method and press Connect
Figure: Connect to your environment - Choose Navigate to choose individual sites or tick the box to choose all sites and teams folders
Figure: Choose navigate or tick - Under Navigate choose the individual site | Click Next
Figure: Choose site - Click Run now
Figure: Choose Run now - Select Users | Select Clean orphaned users
Figure: Clean orphaned users - Click Continue
Figure: Continue - View results of report
Figure: Report Results
