In my last post I described how to turn on External Sharing of Files and Folders within Microsoft Teams, during which you may have noticed the Anyone option was disabled.
Anonymous users
Anonymous users are users who have a shareable link to a folder or document and can view or edit the document or upload to the folder (depending on the type of link) without having to log in with a username or password. Anonymous links can be freely passed around between users and are valid until you disable them or they expire (if you’ve set an expiration date).
Anonymous users cannot access sites, and you cannot assign them licenses. They can only view or edit the specific document or folder for which they have an anonymous access link.
Microsoft currently do not offer a way to turn on the Anyone option using the User Interface. However, it can be enabled using PowerShell, which I share below.
You are in Microsoft Teams (Team site) and you would like to share a folder (or files) within Channel, with an External User?
This article applies to Public and Private Microsoft Team sites.
Q. What is the difference between Public and Private "Team sites"?A. Public and Private in Microsoft Teams and Office 365 Groups determine whether the team or groups is “discoverable” within your organization.Q: What are Microsoft Teams?A: Please see the link for an "Introducing Microsoft Teams—the chat-based workspace in Office 365": https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2016/11/02/introducing-microsoft-teams-the-chat-based-workspace-in-office-365/Q: What is a Channel?A: From the perspective of Files, it is a folder located within the "Team site's" default Documents library
SharePoint Admin – Locating the Microsoft Team site
The first thing you need to do is get the URL for the Team Site.
Microsoft has made this easier for SharePoint Admin, simply go to new SharePoint Admin Center -> Site management
Next select your “Team site”; from the information panel you review properties such as:
“Sharing status” with the option to change
“Site” url
The “Sharing status” options are as follows:
Anyone – Users can create shareable links that don’t require sign-in.
New and existing external users – External users must sign in.
Existing external users – Only users already in your organization’s directory.
Only people in current organization – No external sharing allowed.
For this example, “New and existing external users” had already been set by default (when the team was created).
Having clicked Save or Cancel click on the “Site” url to open the “Team site” in a new tab or window.
Microsoft Team Owner
If external sharing has not been enabled and you do not have access to the SharePoint Admin Center, you will need to ask your friendly SP Admin for help before attempting the next steps.
Get the Team site URL
If external sharing has been enabled and you do not have access to the SharePoint Admin Center, then you can figure out the Team site’s URL like this:
