Manage Access Request Settings in SharePoint 2013

Access request feature allows users to request access to sites and content. Access requests feature is improved in SharePoint 2013. Now, Administrators can keep a track of access requests.

Enable access request SharePoint 2013
Site owners can enable access requests in SharePoint. To configure access request settings in SharePoint 2013, navigate to: Go to

• Settings >> Site Settings
• Click the "Site permissions" link under "Users and permissions" section
• Now, from the ribbon, Click on “Access Request Settings” button. You'll be prompted with the access request Settings popup window.

• Click on "Allow access request" option to enable access request and enter the E-mail address of the user who will receive access requests from that site.

This allows access request in SharePoint 2013. You can change access request email or you may want to turn off access request at later point of time by visiting the same link. 

Manage access request SharePoint 2013:
Here is how the process works:
When users who doesn't has access to this site will get "Let us know why you need access to this site" page where they can enter their request and submit.
Once request sent, site collection administrators can approve reject this request by opening “Access requests and invitations” link in site settings page.

This page lists down all SharePoint 2013 access requests and invitations.
 
To approve or decline any requests, Just open the access request item, set the permissions for the user, and click on "Approve" or "Decline" button.


Once its approved/rejects, that entry removed from access request queue and moved to access request history.  SharePoint keeps track of the access requests and replies as a conversation under access request history.

Enable access request in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell:
To allow access request in SharePoint 2013, on entire site collection, here is the PowerShell script.

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell

#Set the site URL variable accordingly!
$SiteURL = "https://intranet.crescent.com"

$site = Get-SPSite $SiteURL

    ForEach ($web in $site.AllWebs | where { $_.Permissions.Inherited -eq $false})
          {
                #sharepoint 2013 access request settings powershell
                $web.RequestAccessEmail="Support@Crescent.com"
                write-host Updated Access request settings for $web.Title, at: $web.URL 
         }

This script can be slightly changed and used for setting access request configuration for all sites in the entire web application.

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