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Copper Contributor

Feb 26, 2018

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Will anonymous external sharing be disabled: New ways to govern access of external users

Hello, we just received the Major Update Notification: New ways to govern access of external users are coming to Office 365 When I read the accompanied https://support.microsoft.com/mk-mk/help...

Salvatore Biscari
Feb 26, 2018
IMHO, you are not correct.

What will change is that external users will see only the content that has been shared directly with them or with Groups to which the external users belong.

This applies only to external users which are required to sign-in, while anonymous sharing will continue to work as usual.

Harold Anderson

Brass Contributor

Mar 07, 2018

How do you share files in groups with an anonymous link? It is greyed out for me, and I have anonymous sharing turned on in the Admin portal.

StephenRice

Microsoft

Mar 07, 2018

Hi Harold Anderson,

Anonymous sharing is disabled by default for group-connected sites. You will need to use SharePoint Online Management PowerShell to change that setting (Set-SPOSite). Soon you will be able to do this via the new SPO Admin Center as well (which will show group-connected sites). Thanks!

Stephen Rice

OneDrive Program Manager II

Harold Anderson
Brass Contributor
Mar 07, 2018
So there is actually no way to do this without the PowerShell?
- StephenRice
  Microsoft
  Mar 07, 2018
  Not today. The Admin center changes will be coming very soon (but I don't know the exact date).
  
  Stephen Rice
  
  OneDrive Program Manager II
  - Harold Anderson
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 07, 2018
    I should have stored everything in OneDrive instead of Office 365 Groups.