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Douglas Clelland's avatar
Douglas Clelland
Copper Contributor
Aug 22, 2017

Unable to Share with External Users

Hello all, as of today I am unable to share with external users from a sharepoint site. I checked all avenues: Office 365 - external sharing On SharePoint - external sharing on Site - external s...
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Techroadie's avatar
Techroadie
Brass Contributor
Aug 30, 2017
I tried and it works ! Thanks a lot
Tony Mongiello's avatar
Tony Mongiello
Copper Contributor
Aug 16, 2018

I am having the same issue with OneDrive. I tried the powershell commands described here (after installing the SharePoint Powershell components). Ran all commands, received no errors. Even using get-sposite ...  -details | fl  I can see that the Sharing Capability is "ExternalUsersAndGuestSharing". Everything seems correct.  It's been about 2.5 hours since I did this, I still cannot share from Onedrive to external users.  Is there a time period that needs to pass before this takes effect?  Am I just being impatient or do I have a larger issue? :)  Thanks

 

Tony

  • Dale Robertson's avatar
    Dale Robertson
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 16, 2018

    It should take effect almost immediately. PowerShell = Magic :)

    Open your SharePoint admin center, and check the box next to the onedrive URL [my.sharepoint...] Then, in the ribbon at the top, click Sharing, and make sure it's enabled in there. Should Be as per PowerShell.

    • Tony Mongiello's avatar
      Tony Mongiello
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 16, 2018
      Thanks for the reply! Yes, it is enabled there and everywhere else I can see. :) This is very odd....

      PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-sposite https://COMPANY-my.sharepoint.com -detailed |fl

      yields this:
      SharingCapability : ExternalUserAndGuestSharing

      I am pretty sure I have it enabled everywhere. :(
      • --ZiM-- .'s avatar
        --ZiM-- .
        Copper Contributor
        Aug 30, 2018

        I am working on sharepoint online tenant, and i am unable to allow member users to share the sites with external users. here is what i tried:- inside the tenant we are allowing external sharing + anonymous linking. inside the site collection access request we have the following:- enter image description here now i login as a member user >> click on share icon from the home page >> type the email of an external user (user with Hotmail account, who have never access the site collection). now the Hotmail user received and email,but when he clicks on the site collection link inside the email, he will get the following error:- enter image description here so i logout from the current user Hotmail, and i went to the SP online site collection using the site owner user, click on invitations, where i found the invitation with 2 options (resend + withdraw), so i chose to resend.