Overview
Feature Administration allows you to manage and control who can edit and administer Powell features across your SharePoint sites.
With this capability, you can define audiences per feature, ensuring that only the appropriate users (based on SharePoint roles or Azure AD groups) can manage specific features.
This provides:
Clear governance
Controlled delegation
Enhanced security
Simplified feature management across site collections
Prerequisite: Define the Powell Administrator
Before accessing Feature Administration, you must define who is allowed to manage it.
Who can access this option?
Only a Powell Administrator can see and configure the Feature Administration option.
Where is it configured?
It is configured in Powell Manager.
How to define a Powell Administrator
Inside Powell Manager:
Go to Environment Settings.
Locate the Powell Administrator setting.
Define the administrator audience by:
Selecting an Azure AD group, or
Adding manual email addresses
⚠️ Only users included in this defined audience will be able to access and manage Feature Administration.
Click Save to apply the configuration.
Once saved, the configuration is active.
Accessing Feature Administration
After configuration:
The defined Powell Administrators can open the Features Dashboard.
They will now see the Feature Administration option.
Click on it to access the configuration panel.
Feature Administration Dashboard
When opening Feature Administration, you will see:
A list of all available Powell features.
For each feature:
SharePoint Roles
Azure AD Groups
This interface allows you to define who can manage each individual feature.
Managing Feature Audiences
For each feature, you can:
1️⃣ Assign SharePoint Roles
Select one or multiple SharePoint roles such as:
SharePoint Administrators
Site Owners
Members
Users belonging to these roles will be allowed to edit the feature.
2️⃣ Assign Azure AD Groups
Select one or multiple AD groups.
Users within these AD groups will also be authorized to manage the feature.
What Does This Control?
The defined audience determines:
Who is allowed to edit and configure the feature inside the site.
If a user is not included in the configured SharePoint roles or AD groups for a feature, they will not be able to modify it.
For New Site Collections
Feature Administration also includes an option to:
Apply the current configuration automatically to newly created site collections.
This ensures consistent governance across your intranet without manual reconfiguration.
Saving the Configuration
After modifying feature audiences:
Click Save configuration.
The new permissions are immediately applied.
Governance Best Practices
Use AD Groups for scalable management.
Limit access to sensitive features (e.g., analytics, accessibility).
Regularly review assigned audiences.
Avoid assigning broad roles unless necessary.
Summary
Feature Administration allows Powell Administrators to:
Centrally manage feature permissions.
Delegate feature management safely.
Control access per feature.
Maintain governance consistency across sites.
By combining SharePoint roles and AD groups, you gain flexible and secure control over your Powell features.