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'Copy Link' and 'Share' creating too many unique permissions to manage
Looking for some advice on managing the enormous amount of unique permissions created by the 'copy link' and 'share' functionality? Even when our team selects the link option as 'People with existing...
Amy_TactixIn order to get the 'People with existing access' by default with 'Copy link', you need to change: SharePoint Admin Center > Sharing > Default link > Specific people.
I wrote about it here: https://ktnnsharepoint.wordpress.com/2019/08/01/share-copy-link-sharepoint-online/
Does anybody know if it is possible to get the direct link to a file?
This
https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SiteComm/Shared%20Documents/flower.docx
https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SiteComm/Shared%20Documents/flower.docx
Instead of
https://contoso.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/SiteComm/Shared%20Documents/flower.docx?d=w08094221db864a8484da936d6e35d445&csf=1&e=rXRM61
https://contoso.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/SiteComm/Shared%20Documents/flower.docx?d=w08094221db864a8484da936d6e35d445&csf=1&e=rXRM61
Like in the Quick link Web Part when selecting a file.
Direct navigation to the file then copy url from url bar I think works. That isn’t a sharing link you copy it’s actually a document I’d to make it movable without breaking the link so you want to use that when possible over direct link.