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Modern Attachments - Cannot set perms
Since updating my Office 2016 bits to 1709 Build 8528.2139 I am unable to attach/set permissions on a file in Outlook (Desktop) from my OneDrive for Business site. My Colleague also has the same is...
This issue is resolved with build 1711 8730.2175.
This relates to the "Direct" setting for the OneDrive for Business default sharing links. It works fine if you switch to Internal. I was told by MS PMs at Ignite that it must be set on direct for the default sharing permission to be "Recipients can edit" rather than "Organization can edit."
"Direct" means that no additional permissions are applied while creating the link, hence only users that already have the correct permissions will be able to access the item.
"Internal" means that everyone in the tenant will be able to access the item using the copied link.