Forum Discussion
Paul O'Neill
Apr 17, 2017Copper Contributor
SP Online and contractors
We want to provide contractors with access to some areas of our SP Online environment. Have read about external sharing and it seems suitable as: *contractors may work infrequently (from a few days...
Salvatore Biscari
Apr 18, 2017Silver Contributor
Hi roykim.
I was just asking the same to you: do you have any documentation to backup what you say?
I am afraid that without an official written document that states the contrary, the rule is clear: a contractor is a contractor and cannot be considered an external user, and that's all.
I know that TonyRedmond is very precise in such kind of things: maybe he can chime in...
roykim
Apr 18, 2017MVP
Hi Salvatore,
The documentation to backup my opinion is what has Paul has been sharing. As well as a discussion I had with an MS account manager a year ago. I can't really recall his exact words though, but that was my take away. I feel this doc/sentence is up for interpretation so I suggest to speak with an MS representative.