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Jun 01, 2017

Sharing a Folder Externally from a SharePoint Site

So I have a requirement to share individual "Project Folders" from a Project Document Library. It seems that you can't Externally Share just the Folder and the extenal user needs access to the Site a...
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Jun 03, 2017

Yeah external account is all OK. The problem is that it seems that SharePoint is not allowing them access to the folder becuase they don't have access to the site?

 

So when the user gets the access denied message and requests access. The Access Request sits at the Site Collection level and you need to grant the user access.

 

This is not what is desired. I don't want them to access the Site Collection ONLY the Folder.....

 

Thoughts?

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    StephenRice
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    Jun 05, 2017

    Salvatore Biscari is correct, there is no requirement to share the site in order to share a folder (or at least, there is not supposed to be).

     

    Is the external user you are sharing to a new external user (i.e. never been invited before?) or have they been shared to previously? I'm curious if there might be some account shenanigans going on underneath the hood.


    Can you try picking the same folder and sharing to a brand new MSA account and see if it works? Thanks!

     

    Stephen Rice

    OneDrive Program Manager II