I am not able to see Group members/users in SharePoint site

Question

Hello,

I noticed that I am not able to see the group members in a SharePoint group despite being a SharePoint Site owner. Even when I go in to Members group, I am not able to see any member list or user names in it. How do I get to see all the users in an owner or member group of a SharePoint site.?

Below is the screenshot when I go in the Member group of a site and all I can see is the entry of Member group and no users in it.

Here is the screenshot when I go in the owner group in the Site to see the user.

Answer 1

Hi  Akshay,

When we create a new team site connected to Microsoft 365 group, members and owners added to the Microsoft 365 group associated with the site are automatically added to the site owners and members group. You could refer to this article for more information.

If you check the modern SharePoint team site interface, it shows both the owners and members of the Microsoft 365 group and when you check Settings>Site Permissions, it shows the group name, you might not see the names of the users. Under Site owners and Site members, only groups—not people—are displayed.

Now when you go to Advanced permissions settings and click Site owners and Site members, you will again see the group name and not the user. This is because the owners we specified during the creation of the SharePoint team site were only added to the Microsoft 365 group.

M365 group and SharePoint group have the same name, I understand this can make the users confused but they are not same. Please read the article below, it has the explanation in detail.

Groups permissions vs. SharePoint permissions

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In your second screenshot, I understand site owner group is not visible, this is because by default, the Site Owners group is hidden in the list. To make it appear, please follow the steps in the screenshot below.

If you need any help, please let me know.

Regards,

Neha

Answer 2

Thank you for the education Neha. That seems to make sense. Although it is really confusing to know about how )365 groups and Sharepoint groups are inter connected but still have different roles in the environment.

Answer 3

Hi  Akshay,

Did you check the above reply? If you still need help, please update us.

Regards,

Neha