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External Sharing to Non-Microsoft accounts
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Deleted is correct. OneDrive & SharePoint now offer a capability that allows you to share files and folders with external recipients and we will not require them to create a Microsoft account. If you have any questions that aren't answered in that article, let me know!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
StephenRice regarding can share document in sharepoint to other external without account 365. can you show me how the work flow.
i still facing the issue if i shared the MS team recorded video with external mails like Gmail or other domain it wont open with MS accounts
will be appreciate your advice on this
Could you confirm how to share a sharepoint with external email addresses without them having to create a microsoft account? I'm trying to set up a transition sharepoint for our new students and parents to access - as we can't do a physical transition in Covid-19 times!
I've tested this to my personal email and the link says I need to create a Microsoft account?
Appreciate the help!
- StephenRice
Hi Simon_Goodall,
If you are sharing the entire site, today, the recipients will need to have Microsoft accounts to be able to access. If you enable the new Azure B2B Integration though, it will change the recipient experience to use the new Azure One-Time Passcode flow where a Microsoft is not required. The feature is in preview right now but is expected to go to general release later this year. Hope that helps!
Stephen Rice
Senior Program Manager, OneDrive
Many thanks StephenRice - would this passcode come through to a mobile phone or email address?
is there no way to share the SharePoint so that parents can access this page - read only - like a webpage?
Hi
I can't seem to share a OneDrive folder with external recipients which will not require them to create a Microsoft account. I have tried everything and when I send a test to my gmail it directs me to a Microsoft sign-in page???
Please help!
Many thanks
Heinrich
- Note: I would also like to share with external users that may have an old Microsoft Account but I still do not want them to sign in anywhere. Just want to share a folder to be opened by recipients by just clicking (not requiring them to sign in anywhere). Is this possible? If so, please help with exact steps!
Many thanks
HeinHi HLKmentions , you would need to use "anonymous links" if your tenant allows. This would allow direct access to files/folders without a login.
- Hi, I’m new to outlook. I tried to share the sharepoint to Gmail let’s say, but I only received the link which after I clicked on it, it only popped up asking me to either sign in with Microsoft account or work email. But I didn’t receive the code which other people say will have. Please advise. Thanks lot!
- StephenRice
Hi genxgeek,
Check out this documentation as a starting place. Select the item, click "Share" and pick the link that works for "Anyone with the link". Let me know if you have any issues!
Hi TheGreenOne888 ,
If you did not receive the code, the mail may have gone into your spam folder. Please check there and if you don't see it, let me know! Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
My organization has Office 365 accounts, but we don't use Exchange online so our accounts don't match our emails (email = first.last@domain.com, but Office 365 accounts = first.last@domain.onmicrosoft.com). We have a client sharing files with a user, but it's restricted use, so he can't access them when logged into his Office 365 account, because it doesn't match the email the file was shared with. Does he have to create a whole new Microsoft account based on his email but separate from his existing
Or is the only option to have the client resend the material to his actual Microsoft account? Since there isn't a functioning email attached to our existing Microsoft accounts, how would he even know?
I tried sharing a file using Excel to another user in my company; her name came up as I typed it & she could see the file under the Shared option, but she never got an email saying the file was shared with her. I tried to see if there was a way to add a secondary email in our Office 365 directory, but I didn't see an option.''
Any suggestions? I'd rather not have to tell a client to do things differently.
Thank you
hiStephenRice can you point me to the documentation on how to share a one drive file (word.docx) to external people (anybody who can click on the link) that do not have microsoft office/mail/etc,... accounts?
it looks like choosing the <embeded link url> and sending that out works but that seems like a work around.
any information is super appreciated. thanks.
StephenRice wrote:Deletedis correct. OneDrive & SharePoint now offer a capability that allows you to share files and folders with external recipients and we will not require them to create a Microsoft account. If you have any questions that aren't answered in that article, let me know!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Hi StephenRice,
I'm trying to share a file with someone who does not have a Microsoft Account. But everytime I share the file with the option "Specific People", they get an Invitation, but they get no verification code. They simply get the invitation, but they still have to sign in. Is there an option to activate the verifaction code? I can't find anything...
Thank you!
Alina
Hi Alina
Ask the external user to click on the link ... they should be redirected to enter there external email on which the link is shared once they do that they should receive a verification code on there external mail.
However make sure that they should not have a Microsoft account (personal or work) with that email else it will ask them to enter there password instead of the verification code.
Thanks
Robin Nishad
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Technical Consultant
I am trying to share a folder to a client who had an MS account associated with her email address but no longer uses it, does she need to re-activate it (forgot password) or is there another way?
She has had the account suspended now trying to access it.
