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MicrosoftUpcoming change:Updating default sharing setting for Office 365 Group connected SPO site collections
Tejas Mehta wrote:[..] Currently, the default sharing setting for these site collections is to allow sharing with external users already in your organization's directory.
Since Office 365 Groups allow for guest members by default, we heard feedback from many customers that it was odd to allow for the addition of external guests as group members but not allow for external sharing of SharePoint resources.
Based on your feedback, we are updating the external sharing setting to allow sharing with authenticated external users. [..]
I am totally not getting it. Quoted above (emphasis mine):
You say that by default it is already set to allow sharing with external users. Then you say that it is odd that it doesn't allow sharing. And then you are updating the setting to allow sharing with external users!!
Am I missing something entirely here?
The current default is
ExistingExternalUserSharingOnly
The new default will be
ExternalUserSharingOnly
This means that you will be able to invite new external users while sharing.
- Does this mean when I share a single document with an external user, they become a member of the Office 365 Group? Does this mean they will also receive conversations? Or is it that the document and only the document is shared with the external user?
Only the document
darrellaas wrote:
Does this mean when I share a single document with an external user, they become a member of the Office 365 Group?No. A Group member can be designated only using the relevant UI or PowerShell.
darrellaas wrote:
Does this mean they will also receive conversations?No. Only members receive conversations.
darrellaas wrote:
Or is it that the document and only the document is shared with the external user?Exactly. Moreover, not only Group documents can be shared with external users, but also folders and even the whole associated site.
- Ahh.. Thanks @Salvatore.
