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Copper Contributor

Feb 13, 2019

SharePoint Guests vs Azure AD Guests

I'm trying to understand the use of SharePoint Online Guests and the integration with Azure AD. We use External Sharing via SharePoint/OneDrive for Business extensively, with the default being to...

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roniy

Brass Contributor

Jul 05, 2020

Hi StephenRice

Could you please update whether currently, every share creates a guest user in AAD?

Thanks

StephenRice

Microsoft

Jul 06, 2020

Hi roniy,

As of this moment, the answer is no, every share (from OneDrive or SharePoint) does not create a guest user. Some do (as discussed above) but the Azure B2B integration I mentioned previously is still opt-in at the moment. Hope that helps!

Stephen Rice

Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

roniy
Brass Contributor
Jul 07, 2020
Thank you StephenRice for the quick reply.
I would like to understand exactly in which cases a guest user is created. Is there any documentation about this you can point me to?
- StephenRice
  Microsoft
  Jul 07, 2020
  Hi roniy,
  
  The closest we have is this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/what-s-new-in-sharing-in-targeted-release
  
  Hope that helps!
  
  Stephen Rice
  
  Senior Program Manager, OneDrive
  - roniy
    Brass Contributor
    Jul 08, 2020
    Thank you StephenRice!
    
    Last question: is there a difference between sharing a site and sharing a file/folder in this regard?