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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.

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    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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