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Nigel Price's avatar
Nigel Price
Iron Contributor
Jul 03, 2017

Cannot use gmail account with shared document our site

Hi

 

I have a number of users who have gmail accounts who I want to share documents and sites with.

 

How do I do this with SharePoint Online / Office 365 ?

 

Thanks

 

Nigel

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  • Salvatore Biscari's avatar
    Salvatore Biscari
    Silver Contributor
    Jul 03, 2017

    For a general introduction, you can start here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Manage-external-sharing-for-your-SharePoint-Online-environment-C8A462EB-0723-4B0B-8D0A-70FEAFE4BE85

    Do you have some problem in particular?

    • Nigel Price's avatar
      Nigel Price
      Iron Contributor
      Jul 03, 2017

      Hi Salvatore

       

      It would you cannot share files and site with gmail accounts only Microsoft accounts.

       

      Regards

       

      Nigel

      • Salvatore Biscari's avatar
        Salvatore Biscari
        Silver Contributor
        Jul 03, 2017

        If you want to share anonymously, you can do it with everyone, since he/she doesn't need to authenticate. If instead you want to share with authenticated users, they should authenticate with an MSA or an O365 work or shool account.

        Hence to authenticate with Gmail accounts you should first create a corresponding MSA.

        Anyway, this is all described in the article I linked in my previous post.

        Hope it helps...

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