Forum Discussion
Tejas Mehta
Microsoft
Jun 19, 2017Upcoming change:Updating default sharing setting for Office 365 Group connected SPO site collections
[UPDATE] - Per feedback recieved here and elsewhere, our plan is to only turn on the external sharing setting for a group's site collection ONLY IF the tenant allows for Office 365 Groups to have gue...
Salvatore Biscari
Jun 20, 2017Silver Contributor
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.
darrellaas
Jun 21, 2017MVP
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?
- Lloyd AllenSep 01, 2017Copper Contributor
Only the document
- Salvatore BiscariJun 21, 2017Silver Contributor
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.