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prashantguptag
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Nov 11, 2016

OneDrive Issues

Hi,   I have found some issues in external sharing feature used in OneDrive for Business. It would be really great if I can get some response on these issues by any of you experts. Thanks.   - Wh...
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StephenRice
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Nov 28, 2016

Hi Prashant,

 

At this time, we do not CC the sharer when SPO/ODB send the external sharing invitation mail. This will be changing shortly however so keep an eye out for the message center announcement.

 

We are also working on improving the experience inside of ODB & SPO to help users understand what resources are shared and what resources aren't.

 

Thanks!

 

Stephen RIce

OneDrive Program Manager

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jcgonzalezmartin
MVP
Nov 28, 2016
I expect new improvements can fix some issues I'm seeing when sharing files & folders from ODFB...the new sharing option is really simple, but It's not working as expected
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    StephenRice
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    Nov 28, 2016
    Hi Juan,

    Can you describe what you are seeing that is not working as expected? Thanks!

    Stephen Rice
    OneDrive Program Manager
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      jcgonzalezmartin
      MVP
      Nov 28, 2016
      Sure...that's what I have seen in my corporate and test tenants:
      (1) Select a folder or a file you want to share.
      (2) Share it with a user (a corporate one or an external)
      (3) Sharing e-mail is sent to the user
      (4) The file or folder shared is not shown in the Shared with me section in ODFB
      Repeat the process, but sharing the file / folder from the details panel so a different sharing dialog is shown...in this case, the file/folder is shown in the Shared with me once it's shared...aparently this issue is already reported according with the support guy I was talking to last week
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        StephenRice
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        Nov 28, 2016
        Hi Juan,

        Yes this is a known issue. The new dialog defaults to sending an e-mail with an anonymous link instead of the old dialog which permissions and then sends a restricted/canonical link. You can replicate this behavior in the new sharing dialog by picking a link that "works only for people on the To: line". As an IT admin, you can also set the default sharing dialog link to be the "direct" (restricted/canonical) link which will ensure it shows up in SWM. Hope this helps!

        Stephen Rice
        OneDrive Program Manager

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