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Ken Hardin
Copper Contributor
Dec 13, 2017
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Setting "Anyone" share link permissions on individual sites in Sharepoint

We are attempting to use Sharepoint sites / collections to store various common Documents.

 

We want to create different sites for specific purposes (Finance, Art, etc.)

 

We occasionally will want to share files in these site with external users via the Anyone option, although the default sharing option will still be within the organization.

 

We have successfully set up these permissions in the Admin center and are getting the desired effect on the default TeamSite.

 

However, I can not seem to get the same permission to present itself on the other sites we have created.

 

I have gone through the instructions here with no success: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Share-your-Office-365-sites-with-external-users-89502322-bfbb-43d6-9207-4030f8ce26e0

 

Am I missing something?

 

Thanks!

 

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  • Andrew Mueller's avatar
    Andrew Mueller
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 14, 2017

    Hi Ken,

     

    Even after enabling External and anonymous sharing in the SharePoint Admin Console, new sites are created with anonymous sharing disabled.  You need to select the site in the SharePoint Admin Console and select "Sharing" on the site in question and then change the first set of options to the fourth radio button entitled: "Allow sharing with all external users, and by using anonymous access links".  Then you should see the "Anyone" option available on that site.

     

     

     

    • Ken Hardin's avatar
      Ken Hardin
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 14, 2017

      Thanks for the response, Andrew Mueller

       

      When I go to the Admin center, I can not see the sites I have created in that interface.

       

      All I see if this, the default sharepoint collections, I suppose:

       

       

       

      When I search on the URL depicted below, it tells me it can not find the site, although it does exist.

       

       

      Why can I not see my sites (as depicted above) in the Collections tab?

       

      Thanks!

      • Salvatore Biscari's avatar
        Salvatore Biscari
        Silver Contributor
        Dec 14, 2017

        In the SPO Admin Center, you don't see the site collections connected to Groups (aka Modern Team Sites) and, indeed, those site collections are not enabled for anonymous sharing, by default.

        In order to enable them (which at the moment could be done only by PowerShell) see the Office 365 Groups section in https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Turn-external-sharing-on-or-off-for-SharePoint-Online-6288296a-b6b7-4ea4-b4ed-c297bf833e30#ID0EAABAAA=Office_365_Groups

        Hope it helps...

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