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MVCuser
Brass Contributor
Nov 09, 2022

Using @ to mention External collaborators

Hello.

We have a site that we share externally, We added them as external members so that they have edit permissions. But when working on files, and adding comments, we cannot @ them so that they can get a notification that the file has a comment assigned to them.

 

Is there any way to modify this please?

THank you

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3 Replies

  • Joao Livio's avatar
    Joao Livio
    Iron Contributor
    Nov 09, 2022

    Hi MVCuser 

     

    What kind of Site? a Team Site? Is connected to an Office Group?

     

    This must be Governed by your Administrators to use some features, if it's not available, it's blocked. 

     

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/collaborate-on-documents?view=o365-worldwide

    • MVCuser's avatar
      MVCuser
      Brass Contributor
      Nov 10, 2022
      Hi. We are using a Teams site, and the external users have been added to office 365 groups as guests.
  • ganeshsanap's avatar
    ganeshsanap
    MVP
    Nov 09, 2022

    MVCuser I think this is a known limitation of mention feature in word document comments as well as list item comments.

     

    Check for more details:

    1. SharePoint Online/Microsoft Lists: @mention people in list comments 
    2. Using @mention in Word online for Guest users 

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