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trying to share folder with guest, but access denied.
MicrosoftHi Meri Miettinen,
That's definitely odd! Can you send me a PM with more details? Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Hi,
Seems they had server-side issue that is being solved today.
Thanks for your reply though,
Meri
hi Stephen Am work in pawerapps Portal width SharePoint
and i use documents sharepoint in myapplication
when i click to open file tel me access denied you don't have permissions to access this resource
- Well, the links worked, but then she said it made her log in and kicked her out of the previous files she had access to. So I think I need to rethink this. What is the best and most secure way for me to share files and folders to an external person? The site access is given to individuals in our organization, and I need to share with a few people within our client's organization as well. Would it be better to add their domain name as an allowed external email? Create a group with access to only specific files/folders for that group, and add the external users to the group?
This is the first time we've tried sharing externally, and it's all HIPAA-confidential data, so we are leary of allowing too much access, but we need the best method to grant them access to a few things, on a project-based level.
Hope that makes sense and you have some ideas. Thanks! - StephenRice
Glad to hear it! If you keep running into an issue with the e-mail, let me know and we can look deeper. Thanks!
Stephen RiceOneDrive Program Manager II
- So copying the link and emailing it directly seemed to work. Thanks StephenRice!
- Yes, I sent the "link...specific people" and received the warning that the person is not in my organization...but I allowed external sharing via SP admin page, and the other links worked previously.
This might seem like dumb question, but how does the site know the recipient is the one allowed to view the page? I copied the link and emailed it, but how does that keep things secure, if it were mailed to the wrong person? The recipient is not required to login, with the direct link.
- StephenRice
Hi Julie Hernandez,
That doesn't sound good at all! You're sending a "link that works for only specific people", and then entering their e-mail address, right? Can you try going through the "copy link" flow with the same settings & see if that helps?
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Having the same issue here. Checked all of the above. "Limited-access user permission lockdown mode" is not activated on site or library. Trying to share a file and a folder with external user via Direct Link. Previously shared two other files successfully with this same person, files from the same library, with same permission levels, and those two are working fine.
Can't figure this out and we have a deadline of tomorrow for her to get in and get this data. Any ideas?
- StephenRice
Glad to hear it got solved! Thanks Meri Miettinen!
Stephen Rice
