add external user to team site.

Question

Hi All

i have an external user for whom i need to provide access one particular folder of team site. how to give access to this external user. Do i need to create a guest user in Azure AD and add this user member of the unified group but the requirement is to provided access to one particular folder. how do i achieve this.

Answer 1

No guest user account is needed if you do not want the user to access other locations in this tenant.

You can create a guest link on the folder by selecting the folder and click Share on the menu, then switch the link type accordingly.
For example, we can choose Specific people under Link settings and type the email address of the external user, then click Send.

The external user would then receive the invitation link in his/her mailbox, which requires a Verification Code followed after to access the folder.
Detailed steps for sharing can be found via this article: How to share files and folders externally in SharePoint.

In addition, make sure you have enabled external sharing in both your tenant and this site.
See the references here: Manage sharing settings. / External sharing overview.

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