This is where you can change your sharing permissions to reflect who you would like to be able to access the file with this specific sharing link. To change who you want to share the link with, simply select the “People with…” line to open the options dialog. In the screenshot below, my organization, Enable, is selected by default with the setting “ People in Enable with the link can edit. If you don’t manually change this easily overlooked security setting, the link you send will only be able to be accessed by those who are registered within your organization. ”įor security reasons, many organizations set this as the default, so you share files with people who are in your organization. Instead, they receive an error message saying “ you need permission to open this file. Many OneDrive users become frustrated when attempting to share files with people outside of their organization because their recipients can’t open the files. However, there is a “trick” to fix issues opening shared OneDrive links and making this file sharing process seamless. Microsoft 365’s OneDrive (and Teams/SharePoint) file sharing is a super helpful tool for accessing your files from anywhere on any device and sharing those files with coworkers and other collaborators.

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