Decisions User Permissions

When you have downloaded Decisions you will be presented with a set of permissions we need in order to make the application work for you. This article explains what permissions we need and what/how they are used.

Permissions


The following sections detail each permission that is requested from you and how Decisions uses it to help you make your meetings more productive.

 

 Have full access to your calendars 
Decisions need access to your calendar so that you can:
  • See meetings from your calendar
  • Update meeting invitations with your new agenda
  • Delete agendas and events that are no longer necessary
Note: We are not doing any changes or updates unless you actively choose to do so. 


 Read and write your chat messages 
Decisions need access to your chat messages so that you can:
  • Notify meeting attendees of agendas
  • Notify meeting attendees of meeting minutes
  • Notify meeting attendees of meeting books
  • Notify meeting attendees to suggest new agenda items
Note: We are not doing any changes or updates unless you actively choose to do so. 
 
 Have full access to all files you have access to 
Decisions need access to all files you have access to so that you can:
  • Create agendas, meeting books, minutes and shared notes
  • Add files to your agendas, meeting books, minutes and shared notes
  • Update agendas, meeting books, minutes and shared notes
  • Update files connected to your agendas, meeting books, minutes and shared notes
  • Delete agendas, meeting books, minutes and shared notes
  • Delete files connected to your agendas, meeting books, minutes and shared notes

Note: We are not doing any changes or updates unless you actively choose to do so. 

 Send mail as you 

Decisions need to be able to send mail as you to so that you can:
  • Share agendas, meeting books and minutes with attendees 
  • Inform attendees of updates to agendas, meeting books, minutes

Note: We are not sending any emails unless you actively choose to do so in Decisions. 

 Read your mailbox settings 
Decisions need to be able to read your mailbox settings so that you get:
  • Your preferred language (English, Norwegian or German)
  • Your preferred timezone and date format

 Sign you in and read your profile 
Decisions need to be able to sign you in and read your profile so that you can:
  • Use SSO (Single Sign-On) to log in

 Read all users' basic profiles
Decisions need to be able to read all user's basic profiles to:
  • Identify all participants invited to a meeting
  • Show display names, pictures, emails, etc.
 
 Read the names and descriptions of teams
Decisions need to be able to read the names and descriptions of teams so that you can:
  • Show the teams that you are a member in

 Read and write all OneNote notebooks that you can access 
Decisions need to be able to read and write all OneNote notebooks so that you can:
  • Create shared and personal notebooks for notes
  • Open shared and personal notebooks 

Note: We are not reading or writing anything unless you actively choose to do so.

 
 Maintain access to data you have given it access to
Decisions need to be able to maintain access to data so that you can:
  • Stay logged in while you are working even though you move back an forth within Teams or your browser. 

Looking for technical information on permissions needed for Full Access?
Check out this article👉 Decisions Microsoft Graph permissions