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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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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

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    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

      • JoostKoopmans1's avatar
        JoostKoopmans1
        Steel Contributor
        Jan 27, 2020

        StephenRice Sorry, you missed my point. I was responding to your question '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?' 
        We have Anonymous/Anyone Links disabled at the tenant level but we really like to have the Request Files link working!

  • Jordan Paris's avatar
    Jordan Paris
    Brass Contributor
    Jan 23, 2020

    StephenRice Yes! This is what my initial post was about in the hopes of that it would also be available for those who do not allow anonymous view/edit links.

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      StephenRice
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      Jan 24, 2020

      Hi Jordan Paris,

       

      Thanks for confirming! As I said earlier, nothing to share yet but definitely something we'll be looking at in the future!

       

      Stephen Rice

      Senior Program Manager, OneDrive