Forum Discussion
Christopher-Graves
Mar 07, 2017Iron Contributor
Why does default option sharing OneDrive for Business docs now give link anyone can use to edit?
This is new and is worrying lots of users trying to quickly share docs which the presume will remain confidential within OneDrive for Business
- Salvatore BiscariSilver Contributor
Anyway you can change the default in OneDrive admin center.
- StephenRice
Microsoft
Hi all,
Looks like you've already posted the solution but to expand quickly on Salvatore's answer, if you select "Direct" as the default link, users will share by default with the "restricted" link. The dialogue will say something like "Only people on the To: line" or "Only specific people".
The one difference between this option and the old "restricted" link option is that users have the ability to permission new users at the same time they e-mail or copy the link. If you have any questions, please let me know!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
- KRISHNA PHANSECopper Contributor
One caveat to possibly keep in mind is that when people in large organizations start adding people through this feature, it has the potential to bloat security principals (unique ACLs) attached to a site really quickly. This adds to processing overhead for search, retrievals etc, and reduces performance overall. For larger organizations, there may need to be an option to turn this off so we can have one function per dialog i.e. sharing screens/dialogs for sharing only, and permission screens/dialogs for permissions. This would encourage site owners (often power users) to be more conscious of their permission structure and site structure.
- escuphamSteel Contributor
I noticed this as well as it's not the default way we'd like OneDrive files to be shared. You can update this in the OneDrive Admin Center. Under sharing set the default sharing links to 'direct - only people who already have permission'. Then, by default, only those in the 'to' line will have permissions.
- Salvatore BiscariSilver Contributor
To be precise, direct links (aka restricted links) give access only to people who already have permissions, as stated in the option.
This is clearly evident if you choose Get link instead of Share.
- This is the new way of sharing in OneDrive for Business.