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Joseph_Dunphy
Jul 29, 2019Copper Contributor
Ideas for external collaboration
Q: what're some ways you've collaborated with SharePoint stored documents (namely word) that involves both internal (employees) and external (contractors) users? Context of our setup We used to ...
Norman Young
Jul 29, 2019MVP
Hi Joseph_Dunphy,
We use External sharing for some of our sites where it is justified. External users are able to connect to the site and work like a normal user, albeit with a slightly different site experience.
External sharing requires a Microsoft or a work or school account in Azure AD from another organization. On-boarding users can be challenging but other than that it works well.
I hope this helps.
Norm