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Step by Step Guide to SharePoint External Sharing
FACT: SharePoint External Sharing is one of the most complicated features in SharePoint. For both end-users and administrators. Sure, you can easily share externally from your personal OneDrive or DropBox account, but with SharePoint, we are dealing with files, folders, and content that is not just yours. They belong to the organization and they reside in a common team site that is… keep reading >
How to set Security for a SharePoint site
Would you ever leave your wallet on the table in a busy restaurant? Or, may leave your car unlocked on the street overnight? I don’t think so. So how come you are so negligent and careless with your content in SharePoint? I can’t tell how many times I look at the clients’ SharePoint environment and it is like communism won over the… keep reading >
SharePoint Permission Levels explained
This article describes the available out of the box SharePoint permission levels, discusses best practices, explains how user can take control of the levels, and also warns about a major mistake many organizations make when setting up security for their SharePoint sites. January 2021 Update: Lots of changes have occurred in SharePoint Online since I originally published this post in 2015. As… keep reading >
SharePoint External Sharing Best Practices
Are you looking to share some of you content in SharePoint with external users? It is definitely doable right out of the box, but in all honesty, way too confusing in current version of SharePoint (2013) to do it right. There are too many settings to configure, lots of ways to share content (entire sites, folders or individual files) and various levels… keep reading >
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