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Restricted Link in New SPO Sharing Interface
We got the updated "Sharing" interface in SharePoint Online in our organization this week. We are an educational institution and while all our users (students and faculty/staff) are all in our Office...
Hi Stewart Foss,
We made a slight behavior change to the "restricted link" option by allowing users to add more people to the document at the same time. Selecting that type of link and entering no name is equivalent to the old model, though we totally agree it's a little weird.
On a SharePoint site, we actually have a 4th option called "People with existing access only" which is identical to the specific people link except that it doesn't allow you to add new people. To confirm, the screenshots above are from OneDrive for Business, correct?
We've been discussing if it makes sense to have that 4th option in ODB as well so I'll forward this thread along internally so can discuss more.
Also, Salvatore Biscari described the correct way to set the "default link" that will show up to users when they click share.
Thanks for the feedback!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
I'm fairly certain the Specific People link does the same functionality. I know you can update the default for OneDrive sharing, not sure about the option on SharePoint.
You are right. When I chose "Specific People" it asks for names of people. If you leave it blank, it behaves like the "Restricted" link. I'm not crazy about that part of the new experience, but it does work. Thanks.
