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Quirk with "anyone can view" links
My organization posts "anyone can view" links to our website, and we've noticed that while these links work fine for "anonymous" users, users logged into O365 at the same that try to view the documen...
Should've mentioned, we do test those links with incognito/inprivate browsing before posting. They always work as a true anonymous user, it's when an O365 user is authenticated that we have accessibility issues. The workaround I've been sharing is to open document URLs as incognito, but I'm hoping for something a little better.
I’m betting it’s something to do with the new way it’s keeoing track of who opens the document. When you are authenticated it shows the users that access the guest links. Might want to put a support ticket in for it cause I’m betting it’s a bug. Did it just start happening?
I've recently begun hearing about it, so I imagine it's no more than a couple months old...when did this change you refer to occur?
- At some point after ignite but I would have heard about it too I would think. But usually when files are shared like that its From OneDrive. I’ve had a few access requests come in recently and asked those folks where they got the links from so I could follow up if they were shared right or not. Wondering if it’s same issue.
Sounds like ticket time, I'll do some testing with a dummy user first before I do that. Nice to have an idea that this isn't normal behavior, thanks!