Enabling external sharing
External sharing in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business allows your organization to share content with people outside of your organization, such as partners or customers. This can facilitate collaboration on projects with external stakeholders without needing to give them full access to your internal sites.
Getting ready
In order to follow the steps in this recipe, you must be either a Global or SharePoint Administrator.
How to do it…
- Access the SharePoint admin center by logging in to the Microsoft 365 admin center at https://admin.microsoft.com. On the left navigation menu, under Admin centers, find and select SharePoint as shown in Figure 6.1.
Figure 6.1 – SharePoint admin center location in Microsoft 365 admin center
- In the left navigation menu of the SharePoint admin center, select Policies | Sharing.
Figure 6.2 – External sharing settings location...
