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The future of video in Microsoft 365

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alliparrett
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Nov 26, 2024
In an era where time, attention, and productivity are more valuable than ever, conveying messages through visuals has proven to be one of the most effective methods in the workplace.   In today’s t...
Updated Nov 27, 2024
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TorinDidenko
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Aug 05, 2025

Thanks for reaching out! Based on what you’ve described, this issue doesn’t appear to be related to the unification changes. It looks like your organization may have disabled the option to create "Anyone with the link can edit" sharing links around the same time.

To manage this setting, you can use the Microsoft 365 admin center or PowerShell. Here’s how:

 

Option 1: Microsoft 365 Admin Center

  1. Go to: https://admin.microsoft.com
  2. Navigate to:
    • Settings > Org settings
    • Select SharePoint (this also applies to OneDrive)
  3. Under Sharing, configure the following:
    • Choose the default sharing link type: You can set it to View, Edit, or None.
    • Limit sharing by link type: You can disable Anyone links entirely or restrict them to view-only.
  4. Save changes.

 

Option 2: PowerShell (Advanced)

You can use PowerShell to configure link settings more granularly.

# Connect to SharePoint Online
Connect-SPOService -Url https://yourtenant-admin.sharepoint.com

# Disable creation of Anyone links
Set-SPOTenant -SharingCapability ExternalUserSharingOnly

# Or restrict to view-only links
Set-SPOTenant -DefaultSharingLinkType View


Replace https://yourtenant-admin.sharepoint.com/ with your actual tenant admin URL.

 

Let us know how you go. 

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jstelly1029
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Aug 06, 2025

Thanks for the reply, TorinDidenko​ (Team member of alliparrett​ and SimoneWilliams​).

Your response does not address the reported issue. We were very careful in our testing to ensure that the links involved were of "Anyone:Can Edit" permissions before we submitted Case #‎2507310040007088. To our knowledge, we did not accidentally conduct testing using "Anyone:Can Edit" sharing links while "Anyone:Can Edit" links were simultaneously disabled.

You did mention "It looks like your organization may have disabled the option to create "Anyone with the link can edit" sharing links around the same time.". Can you please share the specific information (or even the general category of information if you're not at liberty to disclose details openly) that you based this judgment on? I'm not finding evidence of that occurring in our tenant.

Like HPO said, the issue is not with creating Anyone:Can Edit Links - we can create Anyone:Can Edit links without issue. The actual problem is that this rollout appears to have stripped the Download Video button from Anyone:Can Edit links when viewed by an external/anonymous user.

We no longer have any obvious means to share downloadable videos with external users via OneDrive. This is our only problem.

Thanks for your time.

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    TorinDidenko
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    Aug 13, 2025

    After further investigation with the team, this appears to be a regression related to policy checks on the player page. The team is aware of the issue, has identified the root cause, and a fix is currently in progress and under review. I’ll share an update as soon as more information becomes available.