Hi All,
I am trying to figure out external sharing. I have a library that has a folder with a subfolder (I know DON’T USE FOLDERS :)), but I want to share the subfolder with an external user.
I was able to share the folder and the person received the link to get to the folder, but she was denied access. I did not share the top level folder.
If I place a file in the subfolder and share the file, she has no issues getting the file via the link in the email.
My real question here is, is there a way to share a subfolder without all the top level folders?
If not that’s fine, I will instruct my users to only share files not folders.
TIA,
Joe
yes just a sharepoint group, but after thinking this thru a bit more, I am having my users share the individul files with edit rights so they can work on the files together, without having to give external people rights to see anything else.
Thank you all for the input.
Unfortunately, it looks like this is not available for external users (works for internal).
Hi, @jaylou18. Just curious on the steps you’ve done to implement this in your side.
I have a similar scenario and granting access to a specific sub-folder is a bit cumbersome when having to break inheritance and making sure that users will not see files from other folders.
Did you explore the option to create a separate library instead (as mentioned on the Support article from Beau) that can be accessed by external and internal users?
Thanks for the response.
After reading everything I see I may need to create a SharePoint group and add the group to the folder for the external user. But Now I am running into an issue where the group can see everything on the site and I only want them to be able to see the folder. Do you know if there is a way to set a permission where the group has limited access to the site, and give it read rights to a folder? I haven’t seen that option when creating a group.
What kind of group are you creating? Just a SharePoint Group?