Jul 30 2016 12:08 AM
A user willingly came to see me to look at the possibility of switching from GoogleDrive to OneDrive for a team of 20. I was pumped, getting our users to move to OneDrive is difficult enough, so someone coming in looking for it was a surprise. Our discussion however started almost as quickly as it begun, when we tried to perform a simple folder sharing a link to external people without requiring them to login. Read that line again carefully. It's not possible!! What should be so trivial... I couldn't believe it, i got out my client, and tried to create a share link for external R&W permissions without login.. Needless to say, Google won again, and have been doing this simple feature for ages..
Jul 30 2016 09:09 AM
SolutionAug 01 2016 09:55 AM
Aug 04 2016 12:56 PM
Nov 18 2016 01:31 AM
In one of my tenants I have an update from my OneDrive. And now I have the possibility to share a folder with an extarnal without login. (Sorry for the Dutch screenshot)
Sep 11 2018 10:50 AM
Sep 11 2018 11:25 AM
Hi @Adam Kuszczak,
I'm sorry to hear you're having issues! Can you paste a screenshot of the sharing dialog for when you are trying to share the folder? Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Sep 12 2018 12:03 AM
so I think it depends on how large the file to share is. For small files it starts download the second you go to url. For large files, I guess it takes a while to initialize download so the redirect kicks in first.
Sep 12 2018 09:59 AM
Hi Adam,
That's definitely odd. Regardless of the file size, the link should take you to the viewer for the file (what type of file is it by the way?) Can you send a private message so we can debug further? Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Nov 05 2018 06:37 AM
Nov 05 2018 02:21 PM
Hi @Andrei Racz,
For the download issue, please create a support case (if you haven't already) as that will be the best way to track the issue.
For Files On Demand, files should hydrate automatically if another app is trying to access those files (and you should get a notification as well telling you which app is responsible). Have you seen anything like that? Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Nov 05 2018 08:50 PM
Nov 06 2018 01:04 PM
Hi @Andrei Racz,
Thanks for the extra details. I'll let the right folks on the team know and pass on anything I hear back. Thanks for raising the issue!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Nov 07 2018 12:28 PM
Hi @Andrei Racz,
Can you reproduce the issue again and open the OneDrive Activity Center and paste the screenshot of it here? Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Jul 30 2016 09:09 AM
Solution