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Block Download - Open in Word
Hi all, We have the "block download" option on our tenant. Testing with a word document. Some users can click "Open in Word" and it will save a local copy to their desktop. Is this by design?
This seems like a limitation/issue with the current version of the feature, I reported it back when I posted my blog post on this. FYI external users also can bypass the restriction, thanks to the new "shared with me" improvements that show cross-tenant files.
To clarify, what I meant is that even external users can simply use the "Open > Open in Word" menu to get a copy of the file. If they try to use the Online client, it's restricted as expected.
Thanks all. It seems very promising but not quite there yet then.
