Mar 13 2018 11:16 AM
Hello Community,
I was hoping to get clarification from you regarding the New External Sharing Experience communicated by MS in this post. Is this experience available only when you share files/folders in OneDrive or in SharePoint Online?
Assuming we want to share a site with external users (with the "Allow users to invite and share with authenticated external users" option selected in SP Admin center), would they still be required to access the site using a Microsoft Personal Account or O365 work/school account?
I appreciate your insight and helps
Mar 13 2018 12:18 PM
Should be available in both SPO/ODFB as well as the Office apps and the desktop OneDrive client (depending on the version you have). And yes, users will have to login with their accounts, unless you create a Guest link ("Anyone").
Mar 13 2018 12:23 PM
SolutionI believe that new secure links work in both OneDrive and SharePoint, but only for files and folders, not for sites.
@Stephen Rice am I correct?
Mar 13 2018 12:30 PM
Whoops, since I skipped over the "I want to share a site" part. Back to bed for me :)
Mar 13 2018 12:40 PM
Mar 13 2018 12:50 PM - edited Mar 13 2018 12:51 PM
I appreciate everyone's response. Just one follow-up question - Does anyone know if MS have plan to extend this new experience to site sharing some point in the future?
Very often we find some of our external users feel struggle to differentiate a Microsoft personal account vs Office365 Work/School account. I think with this new experience it can simplify the process a lot.
Mar 13 2018 12:53 PM
Mar 13 2018 12:55 PM
Yep, it currently works for only files and folders.
We want to bring the same flexibility to site sharing as well but don't have anything to share just yet. Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Mar 13 2018 12:23 PM
SolutionI believe that new secure links work in both OneDrive and SharePoint, but only for files and folders, not for sites.
@Stephen Rice am I correct?