Information Barriers - Student/Staff Content

Hi vw1979,

It is possible to leverage Information Barriers (IB) in Microsoft 365 while still enabling teachers to share content with students through Teams classrooms.

Information Barriers are policies within Microsoft 365 that compliance administrators can set up to restrict users from communicating and collaborating with each other.
When using Information Barriers with OneDrive, there are various supported modes:

- Open: Users can share files and folders based on the applied Information Barrier policy and OneDrive sharing settings.
- Owner Moderated: Only the OneDrive owner can share the site and its content according to their IB policy.
- Explicit: User segments and compatible segments can be associated with the user's OneDrive for sharing.
- Mixe*: A segmented user's OneDrive can be shared with unsegmented users, and the site's IB mode can be set as Mixed.

In your specific case, you could establish an Information Barrier to prevent students from accessing staff-only documents. To share content with students, teachers could use the "Owner Moderated" or "Mixed" mode to selectively share documents with their classes.

Here are some useful links:
Use information barriers with OneDrive | Microsoft Learn
Information barriers | Microsoft Learn