Adding lock icons to folders on our server

Question

Hey there,

We're transistioning our data off of our local file servers and into Teams/Sharepoint. Each week I'll transfer a few, and after the transfer happens I restrict all users access on each folder to read only. The idea is to have a historic, local, archive but not to let anyone edit what's hosted locally.

I've seen before that specific folders on file servers can have lock icons appear for the end user. What's the method to add that lock icon to specific folders as I restrict edit permissions on those folders each week?

Thank you,

Answer 1

Hi @AAAAAAA

I believe you can lock the SharePoint site by using the following documentation:

Lock and unlock sites

As a global or SharePoint admin in Microsoft 365, you can block access to a site or make a site read-only by using Microsoft PowerShell to change the lock state of the site.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/manage-lock-status

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Answer 2

Thank you Dillon for getting back to me!

Sharepoint however is where the live data is moving to. We want everyone in Sharepoint adding and updating information as we go.

The local file stores is what we need to lock down. I've been changing the ownership of folders to domain admins, then changing everyone else's permissions to only read and execute. Users aren't updating information in two places now, but they also don't know what is old on the file server until they try to save a change and get denied access.

Adding the lock icon to individual server folders is the goal here.