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OneDrive stuck on Creating Shareable link
We are testing OneDrive to make sure it's a viable way for our business to share docs. While testing, we are trying to share a doc to non-Microsoft email addresses w/permissions to View Only. OneDriv...
Thanks for posting this. It is helpful. I have been unable to create links for non-Outlook accounts, but it works fine for outlook accounts. Will adjust my practices accordingly, perhaps do my sharing from Google Drive or iCloud. Or something.
I think the point is that all intended user(s) need to have a free "Microsoft Passport*" account associated with the email address(es) that you enter, in order to successfully create a secured folder sharable with ONLY certain individuals. It doesn't matter whether they use Outlook, GMail, etc. They need a Microsoft account. As far as I know, there is no such thing as an "Outlook account" used to grant access to other resources.
* Or whatever Microsoft is calling it these days, as they're famous for changing names of products and services on a whim.
* Or whatever Microsoft is calling it these days, as they're famous for changing names of products and services on a whim.