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Iron Contributor

Mar 01, 2017

Groups Guest access and SharePoint access

Looking to confirm my understanding. If you add a guest to an O365 from OWA, they will only have access to the associated SharePoint site if external sharing for that site has been turned on (or if ...

Office 365 Groups

Salvatore Biscari

Silver Contributor

Dec 02, 2017

HI Bobby Cruz.

As already said in this thread and in several other threads, in order to share Group files and folders with external users not members of the Group itself, two conditions should be met:

External sharing should be enabled at tenant level in Admin Center
External sharing should be enabled at Group level by PowerShell

Follow carefully, step by step, the various sections in this article: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Turn-external-sharing-on-or-off-for-SharePoint-Online-6288296a-b6b7-4ea4-b4ed-c297bf833e30?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#ID0EAABAAA=Office_365_Groups

If it doesn't work, then double-check your steps: it MUST work if everything is well done.

Good luck.

Bobby Cruz

Brass Contributor

Dec 02, 2017

Hi Salvatore,

Yes, I am aware of the two conditions and although I have confirmed it does not seem to work

I will give it a go again and see if the outcome is different.

Best,
Bobby

Best,
Bobby

Salvatore Biscari
Silver Contributor
Dec 02, 2017
Very strange!

It looks like a bug: have you tried to open a ticket with support?
- Bobby Cruz
  Brass Contributor
  Dec 02, 2017
  Hi Salvatore,
  
  I am going to try again today. I haven't reach the point of frustration just yet, but if the outcome turns out to be the same I will likely open a ticket with support to take a look.
  
  Best,
  
  Bobby