What happened with reader role in SharePoint Online?

Hello, If I try to add a new user in SharePoint Online using reader role permission it says that he don't have access to the site. Why? Now, only O365 group can access? But O365 has collaborative...

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santiago1976
May 04, 2023
Hi DaveMehr365,

Thanks for your reply.

Fixed. The problem is that if you try to add the users in the SharePoint visitor groups (old groups) directly it doesn't work, but if you do it from the sharing functionality, it does work.

Regards

santiago1976

Copper Contributor

May 04, 2023

Hi DaveMehr365,

Thanks for your reply.

Fixed. The problem is that if you try to add the users in the SharePoint visitor groups (old groups) directly it doesn't work, but if you do it from the sharing functionality, it does work.

Regards