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You can share a file with people outside your team (if they are also using Teams) by sending it to them in a chat. If you want to share an Office file with someone outside your organization, open the file in its Office app on the desktop, web, or mobile and share it from there.
Use the Specific people setting to share your documents outside your organization and keep them secure.
- Select Share.
- Select Link settings.
- Choose Specific people.
- Decide if you want to Allow editing.
- Select Apply.
- Add names or email addresses for who you want to share with.
- Select Send.
Sharing your OneNote Document to an External User Once you are ready to share your document go to the top-left corner and click File then Share on the left pane that appears. You will have several sharing options upon clicking Share.
Can a document that is shared to an external user be viewed?
an IRM protected document that is shared to an external user, will not be able to be viewed after it is downloaded, unless they used an Office 365 ID to access the document. I have confirmed this scenario with Microsoft as being unsupported. If a standard Live ID is used the document will be able only be able to be viewed in the browser.
How does external sharing work in Microsoft SharePoint?
The external sharing features of Microsoft SharePoint let users in your organization share content with people outside the organization (such as partners, vendors, clients, or customers). You can also use external sharing to share between licensed users on multiple Microsoft 365 subscriptions if your organization has more than one subscription.
OneDrive (work or school) Sharing OneDrive or SharePoint files with external users (guests) allows you to securely collaborate with people outside your organization such as your business partners, vendors, clients, or customers — with or without a Microsoft 365 subscription, OneDrive, or SharePoint account.
You can share entire teams or sites with people outside your organization, or just individual files. Collaborating with people outside your organization consists of two major components: