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Copper Contributor

Mar 27, 2020

Restricting file sharing in Teams Chats with external users

I have had a request to investigate how to disable file sharing with external users when chatting using MS Teams. Is there a way to restrict sharing with external accounts. I've dug around but can't ...

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Brian_Rutherford

Copper Contributor

Mar 31, 2020

Hi RealTime_M365,

So if the conversations are not part of a Team then we can't block that file share at all, correct?

RealTime_M365

MVP

Apr 01, 2020

Hi Brian_Rutherford

Here are the steps to restrict the File Sharing using OneDrive and Sharepoint for External Users.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/turn-external-sharing-on-or-off
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/data-loss-prevention-policies

All the policies needs to be restricted on Sharepoint and One Drive for File Sharing

With Regards,
Satish U