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Jordan Paris
Brass Contributor
Nov 01, 2019

Request Files announcement

I just saw the Request Files feature in the admin portal and had a question in regards to its availability.   In the announcement, it says this:    "What do I need to do to prepare for this chang...
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StephenRice
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Dec 18, 2019

Hi JoostKoopmans1,

 

This is absolutely something we are looking at and it's been one of the most prominent pieces of feedback we received. No timeline to share yet but we're actively exploring this now 🙂 Thanks!

 

Stephen Rice

Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

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Bruce Weatherford
Iron Contributor
Jan 22, 2020

StephenRice I would also like to chime in on here and say not supporting companies that don't allow external sharing is a huge miss.  Thanks for working to getting this feature enabled for internal company use only.

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    StephenRice
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    Jan 23, 2020

    Hi Bruce Weatherford,

     

    Thanks for the feedback! I'll ask you the question I've been asking elsewhere 🙂 If you could enable only the Request Files link (e.g. you can get an anonymous upload only link but not an anonymous view or edit link), would this be something you could take advantage of? Thanks!

    Stephen Rice

    Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

    • mpowell-yesit's avatar
      mpowell-yesit
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 19, 2023
      Been 3 years now since the last update on this one. Hoping it'll come to fruition one day. Very annoying that we can lock down sharing links to New or Existing Guests (security and compliance means that at the very least we need to be able to track who has access), but doing this breaks the request files feature.
    • Paul Lindsay's avatar
      Paul Lindsay
      Brass Contributor
      Aug 11, 2021
      Yes, we need to allow Anyone to upload a file to a specified SharePoint folder location. the uploader will not be authenticating, and will not have view/edit to files. honestly, we don't even know who the uploader is, they will be uploading applications for consideration.
      we can do this in OneDrive, but we want the uploaded files to go to a SharePoint site, not to a singular OneDrive file.
      We have tried to use the Upload File from Forms, but it won't allow an Anyone link setting for the Share.
    • JoostKoopmans1's avatar
      JoostKoopmans1
      Steel Contributor
      Jan 24, 2020

      Yes! In fact we have it already enabled but it does not work....StephenRice 

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        StephenRice
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        Jan 24, 2020

        Hi JoostKoopmans1,

         

        Can you share a screenshot of your admin settings? It looks like something is disabled and preventing File Requests. Off the top of my head that could be:

        • Anonymous/Anyone Links are disabled at the tenant level
        • Anonymous/Anyone Links are disabled for OneDrive
        • Anonymous/Anyone Edit Links for Folders are disabled.

        Thanks!

         

        Stephen Rice

        Senior Program Manager, OneDrive