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Iron Contributor

Aug 10, 2016

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Getting Link to a Document with Modern Document Libraries

With the new "modern" document libraries UI it seems almost impossible to get a "normal" link. Meaning a link that is does not contain "guesttoken" and a GUID. But an old school URL with a readable p...

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Bernd Verhofstadt
Sep 09, 2016
There is a way to disable the 'Edit' and 'View' link feature. The only link that appears then is the restricted link.
Go to site settings -> Site permissions -> Access Request Settings -> Disable Allow members to share the site and individual files and folders.
This would prevent the breaking of permission.

Pieter Veenstra

MVP

Aug 25, 2016

It seems to be quite a hassle to send a link to a document. One way I found that is slightly easier is to open the document that you want to share. Then copy the Url from your browser:

https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/test/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc=%7B47F1053D-7C09-4F11-BA37-82BA582DA04D%7D&file=Document.docx&action=default&IsList=1&ListId=%7B28BF7AFE-D452-4991-A19D-6F53B00C8D6A%7D&ListItemId=3

You will end up with a bit of an uggly Url but you could display it like this:

My document

Another way is to Sync the Library first. Then within your Onedrive for Business find the file and right click -> OneDrive for Business -> Copy Link. this now results is a decent url and a quick way to share my document:

https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/test/Shared%20Documents/Document.docx?web=1