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Link to "Edit In Word" Missing for some external users
Hi Dean_Gross,
Documentation is available here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/what-s-new-in-sharing-in-targeted-release?redirectSourcePath=%252farticle%252fcc78357c-6d48-499c-9cc7-dae447d0d391
Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Chris,
I am the customer mentioned in Dean's inquiry. I have a few questions about Azure B2B. My company is sharing with a number of external companies using code sharing. 1. Users from other companies are listed in Azure B2B and were not added directly. The partner who is having this issue is not listed in Azure B2B. Why is that? 2. If we add the user from our partner to this Azure B2B directly, will he/she be able to open the file in Word then?
- StephenRice
Microsoft
Dean_Gross, thanks for the callout, I'll pass that along and make sure it gets added to our list.
April Morris-Homan, when you share to someone using the code sharing (or the one time passcode as we have been calling it), they are not created as a guest user in the directory and thus cannot use the Office apps. If you add the user directly via Azure B2B, they will get a full account provisioned and will be able to open the file in Word.
Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
StephenRiceWOW, I am amazed that you and your team got the docs updated so quickly. Less than 4 hours must be an all time record. Who is your boss? I'd like to send them a big atta-boy letter on your behalf.
ChrisWebbTechthanks, while that makes sense, I can't find any documentation describing this behavior. Have you seen any that I can share with a customer?
- StephenRice
Hi Dean_Gross,
Documentation is available here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/what-s-new-in-sharing-in-targeted-release?redirectSourcePath=%252farticle%252fcc78357c-6d48-499c-9cc7-dae447d0d391
Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
StephenRicethanks for the link to some documentation, but when I read that page, I do not see any discussion about the functionality to edit files that is enabled/disabled for guest users.
Is the statement "Can user other Office 365 apps" supposed to be telling me that they cannot use the desktop apps? if so, that is very cryptic and could use some elaboration to make it more clear. It would also be helpful if the documentation at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/share-sharepoint-files-or-folders-1fe37332-0f9a-4719-970e-d2578da4941c?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US was updated to describe this functionality that was deployed over 10 months ago..
