Creating shared folders

When there is a need for collaboration to build or even edit a set of documents, sharing individual links is not effective, but it is possible to achieve the same sharing with folders.

Before we talk about the benefits of folders, we need to understand a little bit about the background and operation of library sharing.

There are two main tabs on your OneDrive online portal (Figure 6.10) – OneDrive (in this case Gustavo Moraes) (1) and Shared libraries (2). In the second tab are all the group folders you belong to, and the groups can be both Microsoft Teams teams and SharePoint portals. In the first tab, specifically in the Shared item, you will find all the documents and folders shared with you and whether they came from people or teams that you do not belong to (such as a folder of company logos that is within the marketing team that you do not belong to):

Figure 6.10 – The OneDrive online menu

Now, with these concepts...