Does OneDrive have any "Everyone Except External" type of group (so I can share a folder with everyone in the company)?

frob 4,261 Reputation points
2021-06-01T00:35:32.377+00:00

Hi there

Does OneDrive have any "Everyone Except External" type of group (so I can share a folder with everyone in the company)?

Thank you.

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  1. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796 Reputation points
    2021-06-02T09:05:33.15+00:00

    @frob-0826

    Thanks for your explanation.

    Yes, there is such "Everyone Except External" group. OneDrive for Business like a personal SharePoint site.
    You may go to OneDrive for Buiness, right click the files you need to share > Manage access > Advanced (An option at the bottom of the panel) > Stop Inheriting Permissions, OK (This action could create unique permissions for your shared files) > Grant Permission > Then you may enter "Everyone Except External".
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  1. frob 4,261 Reputation points
    2021-06-01T17:31:16.153+00:00

    Sorry, my question may not have been clear enough. I need to share with Everyone who has our AD account. Is there a permission level or group that can do that in OneDrive?

    Thank you.

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  2. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796 Reputation points
    2021-06-01T07:27:52.697+00:00

    @frob-0826

    For OneDrive for Business, admin could prevent users sharing any files to external users.

    The admin could log into OneDrive Admin Center, then you may find the related settings.

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    More information about sharing settings, please refer to the article "Manage sharing settings".

    If you or some users want to prevent specific files being shared to external users, you may choose users in your organization when sharing files.

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    For more detailed information, please refer to "Share OneDrive files and folders".
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  3. Vasil Michev 119.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-06-01T07:57:23.903+00:00

    It does, unless disabled by an admin (that setting is tenant-wide):

    Set-SPOTenant -ShowEveryoneExceptExternalUsersClaim $true
    

    Do note that you can only use this group/claim to add direct access to an item, not via the Share button.

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