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When granting users "View Only" access to a document, the system generated email link is "Read"
Anyway, any reason why you are using the advanced permission instead of using the Share Button on the file in the library? Also was the file previously shared via link/copy link before making these changes because the link mechanic is separate than the SharePoint permissions and will ignore the SharePoint permissions.
Anyway, any reason why you are using the advanced permission instead of using the Share Button on the file in the library?
Because the lowest level of access via the Share button is Read, the user wants view-only (which doesn't allow downloading). Advanced is the only way, that I know of, to access this level of granularity.
Was the file previously shared via link/copy link before making these changes because the link mechanic is separate than the SharePoint permissions and will ignore the SharePoint permissions.
No. I created a new site with new documents to test.
- Yeah, think that's only way to prevent download at a SharePoint level and seems like they have merged that capability in with the new share method vs. just adding in permissions like it used to be with the way the e-mail invites work.
However they do have mechanisms in place to prevent downloading data via DLP policies or conditional access but I'm not sure how granular it is since I think it might be at a site level where you can set conditional policies and all of that, but it probably requires AD Premium licensing and all that and is way more complex than it should be for your use case but I do know you can accomplish it with it :P.- StephenRice
Microsoft
Hi Stewart Foss,
This definitely doesn't sound right. Any chance you can get a network trace of the share request and then you can either PM it to me or e-mail me at srice@microsoft.com? Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
