AD groups v. SharePoint groups: poll results

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A quick story.  Two blogs run the same poll about securing SharePoint using groups.  One blog is SharePoint-centric.  The other blog is Active Directory-centric.  The question that has been on everybody's mind is, how will the results differ?

The question was simple: do you use AD groups, SharePoint groups or both to secure site access in SharePoint?  Only three answers are possible though I really wish I had some more data like organization size and BPOS usage to break the data down further.  But since I don't here are the answers to our AD-centric poll:

4 out of 56 (7%) respondents said SharePoint groups only, while 32 out of 56 (57%) used AD groups exclusively.  To my mind, the pertinent number is that almost 93% of respondents used AD groups in whole or in part.

To contrast that to SharePointEduTech's poll, they have 51% using AD groups only, 36% using a combination, and 13% using SharePoint groups only.  It's close but understandably a bit skewed to our target audiences.  In either case, between 87 and 93% of you are using AD groups to secure SharePoint and that is a big number.

I've closed the poll in the sidebar but would be absolutely thrilled to give your organization a demonstration on how to ensure accuracy of those Active Directory groups that everyone uses and make sure that SharePoint is as secure as possible.  Contact us now!