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Dan Cleworth's avatar
Dan Cleworth
Copper Contributor
Aug 26, 2017

"Follow" missing from sites for External Users #EXT#

Hi, I am trying to work out why the follow icon is missing for external users of the SharePoint site I have created.   Scenario:  New SharePoint site for use of users within the tenancy and for us...
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JennyP1815's avatar
JennyP1815
Copper Contributor
May 31, 2019

I am having the same issue the icon "star" not coming up to follow site ... internal users (owners) of the site and myself owner and creator of the site

  • Trevor Seward's avatar
    Trevor Seward
    MVP
    May 31, 2019

    JennyP1815 yes, this is expected since those users do not get a User Profile which is what the Follow requires.

    • AndreasRa's avatar
      AndreasRa
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 18, 2019

      Trevor Seward 

       

      Thanks for that information. I was wondering why the follow feature was not available.

      But I also thought that there is a connection between licenses and "Follow me" button. Not nice but understandable.

       

      Another question. The OneDrive sync of SPO libraries is working across organizations. How can I open the SharePoint Online libraries as guest user on my smartphone / Tablet? If I can't follow them it isn't shown in the "Following sites" in OneDrive. If I search for the name of the library there are no results.

      Is there any way to get access to it or only with an additional license? 

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