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Eric Adler
Iron Contributor
Jul 10, 2019

SharePoint Guests are Prompted for Login?

We have all the setting open wide for sharing content with external partners.   Recently one of the main sites is now requiring users to login. As guests, they haven't had to do this before.    I...
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StephenRice
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Oct 10, 2019

Hi Tunturi,

 

In the second case, was the user unable to sign-in or is the concern that the same user got different behavior? Thanks!

 

Stephen Rice

OneDrive Program Manager II

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Tunturi
Copper Contributor
Oct 14, 2019

StephenRiceI was testing different sharing scenarios. And in the second case the user would have had to register a Microsoft account (Live or O365) as I understand it.

As trivial as this sounds, for a one person company, having one mail account and a different identity using the same mail is already confusing.

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    StephenRice
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    Oct 14, 2019

    Hi Tunturi,

     

    Thanks for the feedback! We also don't like users who have to figure out that type of distinction and so we've been working to eliminate it in as many cases as possible. With the new Azure B2B integration (available in preview), guest users should only ever have to deal with a single account. Hope that helps!

     

    Stephen Rice

    Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

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      Tunturi
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 16, 2019

      StephenRiceGreat! - have to check if any of my tenants has the preview active

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