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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...

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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Microsoft

Nov 28, 2016

Hi Juan,

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

Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager

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
- StephenRice
  Microsoft
  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
  - jcgonzalezmartin
    MVP
    Nov 29, 2016
    Any ETA to fix the issue?

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