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Question: Can you audit permission changes in a site collection?

Answer: This is possible, but by default security changes are not audited. To enable auditing:

1. Select Site Actions + Site Settings + Modify All Site Settings at the site collection root site.
2. Click the Site collection audit settings link.
3. Select the Editing users and permissions option:

Once turned on, changes to permissions on sites, lists and items will be audited. To view the audit log:

1. Click the Audit log reports link on the “Site Settings” page for the site collection.
2. Click the Security Settings link:

This will open the audit log in an Excel spreadsheet. The following example shows a summary showing a single security change resulting from a breaking of permission inheritance:

More detailed information is available in the “Report Data” sheet in the Excel workbook.

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Q. I’m using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and recently discovered there’s no easy way to navigate from My Site back to my main SharePoint intranet portal.  The navigation breadcrumb exists for other sites, but not for My Site. Can I enable this functionality for My Site?

A. This is a good question and one that I receive quite often.  If you have a single intranet portal, or one that you call your home portal, you can configure an individual My Site to include it in the breadcrumb navigation.  To do so, perform the following steps:
     1. While on your My Site, choose Site Settings, Modify All Site Settings from the Site Actions menu.
     2. From the Site Settings page, select the Portal site connection option.
     3. You’ll now see a screen that lets you specify a portal site address.
     4. Enter the URL and name of the portal site you want your My Site to be connected to, then click OK.

That’s all there is to it.  Notice, in the upper left corner of your My Site, the breadcrumb navigation bar has been updated to include a link to your portal.

Source: MSD2D