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MicrosoftSharing to an external Office 365 Group
There's a specific Guest feature coming for Groups. Guests are invited and must confirm with matching account.
On http://fasttrack.microsoft.com/roadmap, searching for "guest", under In development:
"Guest access support will enable teams using Office 365 Groups to easily collaborate with external team members (members that are not part of their organization/tenant). Guest users will have access to all of the groups assets: inbox, files, calendar and notebook. We'll introduce a number of administration controls to help you manage guests in Groups."
While investigating this topic, I came accross this Microsoft article that seems to indicate it is possible to share externally. Am I interpreting this incorrectly, or maybe the article is meant for the future release of the feature?
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Guest-access-in-Office-365-Groups-bfc7a840-868f-4fd6-a390-f347bf51aff6?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
MicrosoftEric while the documentation is live the features has not been rolled out yet but should imminently in early September, expect a blog post on the Office blog and a message center announcement within your tenant once the rollout starts so thanks for your patience and please stay tune.
- cfiessingerAnnounced today: Introducing guest access for Office 365 Groups https://blogs.office.com/2016/09/08/introducing-guest-access-for-office-365-groups/