diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.spec.ts
index ec571ff3d5..18e2988f48 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.spec.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
 import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
 import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
+import { FeatureID } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
+import createSpy = jasmine.createSpy;
 
 describe('AdminSidebarComponent', () => {
   let comp: AdminSidebarComponent;
@@ -170,4 +172,150 @@ describe('AdminSidebarComponent', () => {
       expect(menuService.collapseMenuPreview).toHaveBeenCalled();
     }));
   });
+
+  describe('menu', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(menuService, 'addSection');
+    });
+
+    describe('for regular user', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        authorizationService.isAuthorized = createSpy('isAuthorized').and.callFake(() => {
+          return observableOf(false);
+        });
+      });
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.createMenu();
+      });
+
+      it('should not show site admin section', () => {
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+          id: 'admin_search', visible: false,
+        }));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+          id: 'registries', visible: false,
+        }));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+          parentID: 'registries', visible: false,
+        }));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+          id: 'curation_tasks', visible: false,
+        }));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+          id: 'workflow', visible: false,
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should not show edit_community', () => {
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+          id: 'edit_community', visible: false,
+        }));
+
+      });
+
+      it('should not show edit_collection', () => {
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+          id: 'edit_collection', visible: false,
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should not show access control section', () => {
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+          id: 'access_control', visible: false,
+        }));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+          parentID: 'access_control', visible: false,
+        }));
+
+      });
+    })
+
+    describe('for site admin', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        authorizationService.isAuthorized = createSpy('isAuthorized').and.callFake((featureID: FeatureID) => {
+          return observableOf(featureID === FeatureID.AdministratorOf);
+        });
+      });
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.createMenu();
+      });
+
+      it('should contain site admin section', () => {
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+					id: 'admin_search', visible: true,
+				}));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+					id: 'registries', visible: true,
+				}));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+					parentID: 'registries', visible: true,
+				}));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+					id: 'curation_tasks', visible: true,
+				}));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+					id: 'workflow', visible: true,
+				}));
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('for community admin', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        authorizationService.isAuthorized = createSpy('isAuthorized').and.callFake((featureID: FeatureID) => {
+          return observableOf(featureID === FeatureID.IsCommunityAdmin);
+        });
+      });
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.createMenu();
+      });
+
+      it('should show edit_community', () => {
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+					id: 'edit_community', visible: true,
+				}));
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('for collection admin', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        authorizationService.isAuthorized = createSpy('isAuthorized').and.callFake((featureID: FeatureID) => {
+          return observableOf(featureID === FeatureID.IsCollectionAdmin);
+        });
+      });
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.createMenu();
+      });
+
+      it('should show edit_collection', () => {
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+					id: 'edit_collection', visible: true,
+				}));
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('for group admin', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        authorizationService.isAuthorized = createSpy('isAuthorized').and.callFake((featureID: FeatureID) => {
+          return observableOf(featureID === FeatureID.CanManageGroups);
+        });
+      });
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.createMenu();
+      });
+
+      it('should show access control section', () => {
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+					id: 'access_control', visible: true,
+				}));
+        expect(menuService.addSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.menuID, jasmine.objectContaining({
+					parentID: 'access_control', visible: true,
+				}));
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/testing/menu-service.stub.ts b/src/app/shared/testing/menu-service.stub.ts
index 1b6824c8ee..4f2828a7e1 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/testing/menu-service.stub.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/testing/menu-service.stub.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class MenuServiceStub {
   deactivateSection(): void { /***/
   }
 
-  addSection(): void { /***/
+  addSection(menuID: MenuID, section: MenuSection): void { /***/
   }
 
   removeSection(): void { /***/