OneDrive shortcuts and multiple tenants

Vineet Arora 20 Reputation points
2025-02-06T11:01:16.7866667+00:00

Hi,

we have two tenants (due to migration) and users are currently present in both. Let's call them Tenant A (target) and Tenant B (source). We want users in Tenant A to access a SharePoint site document library in Tenant B via One Drive shortcut. A guest user doesn't support creating shortcut. Is there any other way?

We don't want to use web or sync folders.

Thank you.

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  1. Emily Du-MSFT 51,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2025-02-07T10:03:30.27+00:00

    Yes, currently, adding shortcuts to shared folders in OneDrive is available only to internal users.

    Here is workaround for you:

    1.Go to Library settings -> Permissions for this document library -> Grant permissions with users in the Tenant A. Then users in the Tenant A can access document library in the Tenant B through email invitation.

    2.Users in the Tenant A go to their own OneDrive, add a new link. In the new link, use the link of document library in the Tenant B.

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    3.In the OneDrive client application, click Open folder, then users in the Tenant A can open the document library in the Tenant B through newly created link.

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