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How to share OneNote Notebooks between Work (Sharepoint) and Personal (OneDrive) accounts.

Anonymous
2023-11-29T19:43:30+00:00

My boss has shared a OneNote Notebook with my personal Microsoft account and it shows up in my personal OneDrive account in the "Shared" tab. I can access it through OneDrive or OneNote, via the desktop app or browser.

My work email address is associated with a [companyname]-my.sharepoint.com and Office365 account, accessible via onedrive.live.com.

I'd like to access the Notebook via my work email address. I've shared it with my work email under "Manage Access", which sent a link to my work email address. Via that link, I can open and edit that Notebook in the browser on onedrive.live.com. But if I click on the Apps menu in the top-left corner of the browser window, it prompts me to log in and says my work address has no Microsoft account.

Likewise if I go to onedrive.live.com, it redirects me to [companyname]-my.sharepoint.com, which in turn has not received access to the Notebook.

How can I share a Notebook associated with my personal account with my work account such that it shows up on Sharepoint?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-04T06:01:54+00:00

    Dear Elliott Collins,

    Thanks for posting back and confirming the scenario with us.

    Considering that you are sharing a notebook created in your OneDrive personal site, this is the reason it shows up under "OneDrive.live.com" when you open the shared notebook with your work account. The URL shows the location where the notebook located in.

    If you share the notebook from your OneDrive for Business with your work account, and open with your personal account, the URL will show up as sharepoint.com.

    We're afraid that there's no out of box way to change this currently. If you're willing, you may need to move the notebook from your personal account to your work account as a workaround.

    Best Regards,

    Rhoda.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-30T17:07:35+00:00

    Thanks Rhoda.

    Starting from my personal account on OneDrive, I create a new Notebook called "Test Notebook". I then share it with my work email address.

    Going to my work laptop, I find an email sharing the document...

    Which opens in onedrive.live.com for me to edit.

    But if I try to go to the online OneNote app...

    It prompts me to log in and tells me I have no Microsoft account...

    Of course I do have a work Microsoft account via SharePoint. When I go to onedrive.live.com/login and enter my work email address, it sends me to a OneDrive account at [CompanyName]-my.sharepoint.com, which has no record of a shared Notebook.

    I would like to share Test Notebook with this work account. So my question is how can someone outside my company share an Office document with me, such that it can be accessed via my company's Office365 account?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-30T06:43:37+00:00

    Dear Elliott Collins,

    Good day! Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

    As per your description, it seems that you are trying to share OneNote between work account and personal account.

    If the understanding above is right, to help you better we'd like to confirm how is the work email accessible via onedrive.live.com which is the link for personal account, any screenshots would be appreciated.

    Generally, we can share the notebook with external account, work account, or personal account based on the sharing settings and via the steps shared in below official article.

    For your reference: Video: Share your notes with others - Microsoft Support

    Use OneNote for the web to share notes with other people - Microsoft Support

    Share OneDrive files and folders - Microsoft Support

    We'd recommend you open the OneNote notebook in browser's InPrivate mode to check the outcome. If the issue still persists, please take a screenshot and share with us. Please also share some screenshots of "such that it shows up on SharePoint?" for a better understanding.

    Appreciate your understanding that sometimes the initial reply may not resolve the situation very soon. However, we can work together to narrow down and resolve the situation. Please kindly post back and provide the more information, then we can focus on your specific scenario and provide specific suggestions.

    If the understanding above is not consistent with yours, please feel free to post back and point that.

    Your understanding and patience will be highly appreciated. We hope that you are keeping safe and well!

    Thanks for your cooperation.

    Sincerely,

    Rhoda | Microsoft Community Moderator

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-29T19:51:11+00:00

    Dear Elliott Collins1,

    Good day!

    Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are glad to assist. We are looking into your situation and we will update the thread shortly.

    Appreciate your patience and understanding and thank for your time and cooperation.

    Sincerely,

    Waqas Muhammad

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