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Microsoft Forms External Sharing Disabled
Hello, After enabling file attachment in the microsoft forms, the external sharing is disabled. Is that possible to share the form with outside organization people. Thanks, Sakthi
Sakthisp If you have File Upload field in your form, it must be for users in your org only.
The form can be anonymous, for use externally, but not with the file upload field.
It looks like this has been on here for two years with no resolution! Has anyone heard an update?
Yes the resolution is simple.
you need to remove ANY question that "upload a file", and the option will be up again.
- Then that's the issue.
The issue simply is that being an external user (or worst a PUBLIC anonymous user) they simply can't upload a file into your Sharepoint or Onedrive,
Can you see the formula for disaster there? if any uploads another stuff or an infected file or PDF or whatever you're requesting with a virus all the company will suffer the consequences, so I don't think this will be enabled in future, especially with people that don't know how to handle an email and not to click to every single link they see ... (honest opinion).- I completely understand that security may be an issue, and that would be a concern of mine. However Microsoft has worked it out for uploads to SharePoint and Microsoft Outlook. I don't expect this to be a quick fix, but I'm sure there is a brilliant programmer who could initiate a security protocol (something like ATP) that would scan all attachments being uploaded. I would just like to know they understand it's a need and are working on it.
NickiBeth Yep, unfortunately, it is still not possible for externals to upload a file via a MS Form. Its really very frustrating as we have needed this for over a year now. No updates on this either that I know of. All they say is Vote on it 😤 Google forms allows this btw to externals with a Google account.
- Exactly, my organization could really use this too!
