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Copper Contributor

Jun 23, 2017

Disable all sharing

Hi all, Has anyone been successful in disabling all sharing for OD4B? The goal is to drive users into other collaborative tools such as SPO or Groups for shared content. I'm wondering if there is a...

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Copper Contributor

Jun 28, 2017

I just went back up to the top and re-read your post Guy...if your goal (which I share in a big way) is to drive users to shared storage (I just had to take ODFB content for a staff person that retired that had shared out stuff to their local staff(when they have a SP site!) and upload it to their SP site)...I am also looking for an "admin solution" to that as well...though I know the real answer is user-training. A highlight being "365 Sharing Explained: where to share?" trick is getting staff to read it!

Guy Yardeni
Copper Contributor
Jun 29, 2017
User training and education is a vital component of any deployment but it can't be the only answer, especially if Microsoft OD4B to be seen as having governance advantages over the competition. The lack of full controls over sharing and per-user activation of the tool create a big gap over some competing solutions and over file shares which is the mechanism most organizations use today.

I've added my vote to this topic on UserVoice: https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/264636-general/suggestions/7950375-onedrive-for-business-administration. Hopefully this will get some attention.
- DaveCodes
  Copper Contributor
  Feb 21, 2020
  Guy Yardeni - Would it work to:
  1. Set ODfB Sharing to "Only people in your organization"
  2. Set advanced settings to "Allow or block sharing with people on specific domains"
  3. Select "Type of Restriction - Block these domains"
  4. List the internal domain and then "Save"
  - Angrydot
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 21, 2020
    DaveCodes Adding the internal domain to the restricted domains list does not prevent sharing. This features only applies to guest accounts.

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