Jan 12 2018 02:26 PM
I'm trying to find settings that control account verification with the newest Team/Group style Sharepoint sites in Office365. Right now when I share a file with "only the people you specify" it requires the external user to input a new verification code literally every single time they access the file. This is more than a little annoying.
All I've been able to find for documentation is this blog post that claims there's a setting to control this behavior in the Sharing section of Sharepoint Admin Center. When I go into Sharepoint Admin Center it does not actually have any such setting. Where can I find setting(s) to dial this functionality back to a more reasonable periodic re-verification?
Jan 12 2018 02:33 PM
SolutionJan 12 2018 02:40 PM
Jan 12 2018 03:10 PM - edited Jan 12 2018 03:10 PM
They have a checkbox to not prompt for code again when they input the code, this puts a 30 day cookie on the machine or whatever.
As for anonymous sharing on Group sites, you have to download SharePoint Online Managment shell.
connect-sposervice
tenant URL so tenant-admin.sharepoint.com don't forget -admin
get your group site URL and use it for this command:
Set-SPOSite "url" -SharingCapability ExternalUserAndGuestSharing
That will turn on Guest sharing on Group connected sites.
Jan 15 2018 07:04 AM
Ah, OK. From a usability standpoint it'd be great if one of the four existing UIs for managing external sharing somehow steered users to this information. Or I suppose the different UIs claiming to manage permissions for Sharepoint sites could simply work for all flavors of sites.
Jan 17 2018 10:28 AM
Hi @Andy Theuninck,
Totally understand your frustration here. The new SharePoint Admin Center will help unify settings for both classic team sites and modern team sites which should make this easier.
If you have any other questions around the new external sharing controls, feel free to let me know as well. Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Jul 25 2018 11:41 AM
Sep 08 2020 07:34 AM
Hello, unfortunately the configuration of the options below, the request for a verification code comes every time I share a file
Require recipients to continually prove account ownership when they access shared set for 15 days
Sep 10 2020 09:50 AM
Hi @_Przemek_,
Is the recipient using the same browser session? This is all done via cookie auth so possible that the browser is wiping the user state away if it gets closed. Thanks!
Stephen Rice
Senior Program Manager, OneDrive
Jan 12 2018 02:33 PM
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