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SharePoint Access Requests Settings
that is not a surprise, the inability to find old announcements in the Message Center continues to be a disappointment
- StephenRice
Microsoft
Hi all,
I helped make this improvement happen so if you have any questions, hit me :) Message center post may have expired unfortunately but the documentation has been updated.
There were two pieces to the change:
1) Make it clear who is receiving access requests (especially since it used to default to "someone@example.com" which I'm pretty sure doesn't help ;). It's now clear if you're selecting the default (owners) or another e-mail address of your choice.
2) Show a custom message on the access request page.
Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
- Stephen,
I have an issue with the radio buttons being greyed out in access request settings on all subsites I'm an SCA so not sure why I wouldn't be able to save or make changesHi gabeholcomb
I assume you're talking about "access request settings" from the /_layouts/15/user.aspx page.
You mention sub sites are the issue, that would indicate that you're doing this using on premise SharePoint or in a Classic SharePoint site that has been migrated to SharePoint online.My posts all involved SharePoint Online sites. You may need to look for information that is specific to your version of SharePoint.
The other thing would be to check you are a Site Collection Admin (SCA) for each of the sub sites too.
Sorry I don't have more useful info.
Access Request Settings
Hi StephenRice,
We are getting a mismatch between MS Teams SharePoint Members group and the MS Teams members group. This is because often staff have their first interaction with a Team via the Team's SharePoint site. If they don't have access they request access.
This sends an email to the MS Teams SharePoint Owners group (the default, and how our sites are setup), the owner then clicks the Accept link in the email.
Accept adds the person to the MS Teams SharePoint Members group BUT NOT the MS Teams Members group.
I understand that there are times when there is a need to give access to just the SharePoint content , and not the entire Teams experience.
I also understand that this issue is arising because this is a legacy feature.
What would be great is the following:
If the SharePoint site is related to a MS Team, then on the Permissions / Access request screen have a 2 radio buttons "Access request Accept action: Add requester to SharePoint members OR Add requester to Team members"
- The other way to do this would be in the Request access email that goes to Site owners. Change the wording to "Accept request: Add to SharePoint members OR Add to Team members"
Let me know what you think
- StephenRice
Hi Dorje-McKinnon,
When the user is request access, there should be a set of radio buttons asking them if they want access to just the site (or file or folder) or if they want to request membership in the group. Are your users not seeing this? Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Hi Stephen,
This change was a surprise for me in our tenant; however, I like the concept of now being able to assign the Owners group or an individual to these requests and also the ability to set a custom message. Nice touch.
The question / issue for me is why when we set an email address to receive the request, why do all owners still receive the access request email and not just the email address specified? Everything looks set correctly. Has anyone else noticed this?
Thanks!
- StephenRice
Can you share how you have the access requests set up? You should have options for whether the mails go to the owners group or a specified e-mail address. If they're going to both, then that definitely doesn't sound right :) Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
