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Brass Contributor

Dec 08, 2017

In what scenario is a guest user added in AAD?

I tried to find the answer to this by Reading all Azure whitepapers and blogs I could find, but no luck. I know I can add a guest user in the Azure AD portal, where the external user gets i...

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MikaelBohlin

Brass Contributor

Dec 12, 2017

Thanks for your reply, but I know how to add a guest user manually. The question is how to get them added automatically, when invited by end users.

Dean_Gross

Silver Contributor

Dec 12, 2017

peter provided that explanation. Is there something else that is not clear?

MikaelBohlin
Brass Contributor
Dec 12, 2017
I guess my customers tenant is modified in some way, because when they do invites in OneDrive and Sharepoint the sharing does never create a guest user. Insted, the external user get the sharing info in an email and a one-time-code in a separate email when accessing the URL.

I assume there need to be something changed in the tenant configuration...
- Pooya Obbohat
  Iron Contributor
  Jan 19, 2018
  Believe you are seeing the new secure external sharing experience. More info here https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/OneDrive-Blog/Introducing-a-new-secure-external-sharing-experience/ba-p/112624 and here https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-new-in-sharing-in-first-release-cc78357c-6d48-499c-9cc7-dae447d0d391?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US.