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Guest access for folder contents
Hey there,
Possibly my google-fu is weak, but i've been struggling to find an answer to this.
Teacher at our school is wanting to guest share and have guest links he can grab for everthing inside a folder in his one drive, including sub folders and files in those sub folders.
To test I created a simplified structure in a reactivated ex-member of staffs onedrive and tried fiddling with that. Structure I set up is:
TestFolder 2
-> Test Document 2.docx
-> TestFolder 3
-> Test Document 3.docx
-> TestFolder 4
-> Test document 4.docx
I think clicked the 3 elipses for Test folder 2, chose share, grabbed my name and another staff members name (all 3 of our accounts are members of the same organization) in the share with box, made sure 'Require sign-in' was unticked and 'Share everything in this folder, even items with unique permissions.' was ticked. Said OK.
I then went to one of the documents, clicked the 3 elipses and copied the link that shows up. Signed out of 365, closed web browser.
I then opened up the Onenote desktop application, pasted the link onto a page. When I open the link it asks me to sign in :-(
Is there a way to share an entire folders contents so that the links that show up are guest access links?
Cheers
Hi,
One the Modern View of OneDrive for Business Try this out:
1.Go to the test 2 folder; right click on it-Details.
2.Click on manage access on the right hand side menu that populates after 1.
3.Click on "Grant access"
4.Get a Link.
5.On the drop down select Edit no sign in required.
6.Copy this link and share it with the people youd like to share it with.
The catch:For anonymous links the URL would have something like
"/guestaccess.aspx?folderid=106f8636f63ff4931a8e4f6d473c2f740&authkey=AZO5GP8HVoPdGWWrR3earZc" this is the sort of a token used for guest access on the resource.
When you just go to a file like you did and copy a link that would eventually have no information on whether if this does have anonymous access and hence asking you for authentication.
Priyank
Hi,
One the Modern View of OneDrive for Business Try this out:
1.Go to the test 2 folder; right click on it-Details.
2.Click on manage access on the right hand side menu that populates after 1.
3.Click on "Grant access"
4.Get a Link.
5.On the drop down select Edit no sign in required.
6.Copy this link and share it with the people youd like to share it with.
The catch:For anonymous links the URL would have something like
"/guestaccess.aspx?folderid=106f8636f63ff4931a8e4f6d473c2f740&authkey=AZO5GP8HVoPdGWWrR3earZc" this is the sort of a token used for guest access on the resource.
When you just go to a file like you did and copy a link that would eventually have no information on whether if this does have anonymous access and hence asking you for authentication.
Priyank
