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External User Opening Shared Editable File is Forced to Request Access
Why are my external users forced to request permission to open a file that I have shared with them for editing from within SharePoint? Here is the scenario: The user receives the editable sharepoin...
Have you had any luck finding a solution to this? I have a folder in SharePoint (Not document library) that I have shared with an internal user. But just like your scenario, when I share the folder with them they get a message "You need permission to access this item".
barlage Thanks for reminding me I needed to reply to this item. Yes, I reached a Microsoft tech person who knew right away what the issue was. As I suspected I had a conflicting setting. The trick is to make sure that under Settings-Site Permissions-Change How Members Can Share, "Allow access requests" must be turned off. See the sequence of screenshots below. Will be happy to learn if this solves your problem too.