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SharePoint Admin Center permission settings. In the SharePoint Admin Center you can set the global permissions related to sharing. You will find the sharing policies in the SharePoint Admin Center under Policies > Sharing. The most important policies is ofcourse the External Sharing. The level that you set here is the maximum for all the sites.
What to do when external sharing is disabled for the site?
External sharing is disabled for the site. To resolve this issue, use the SharePoint Online management shell to delete the guest account from the client’s organization. To do this, run the following cmdlet: For more information about this cmdlet, go to the following Microsoft websites:
Can a site owner change the external sharing setting?
Site owners are not allowed to change this setting. Note that this procedure applies to classic sites, communication sites, and new team sites. To learn how to change the external sharing setting for a user’s OneDrive, see Change the external sharing setting for a user’s OneDrive.
What happens when external sharing is turned off in SharePoint?
If external sharing is turned off globally in the SharePoint Online Admin center, any shared links will stop working. If the feature is later reactivated, these links will resume working. It is also possible to disable individual links that have been shared if you want to permanently revoke access to a specific document.
How to change the external sharing setting in Office 365?
If you have Office 365 operated by 21Vianet (China), sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center, then browse to the SharePoint admin center and open the Active sites page. In the left column, select a site.
If you’re a global admin and want info about assigning other users the SharePoint admin role in Microsoft 365, see Assigning admin permissions. By using the new SharePoint admin center, you can change the owners for sites that use the new team site and communication site templates.
In the left pane of the new SharePoint admin center, select Active sites. In the left column, click to select a site. Select Owners. For a group-connected team site, you can add and remove group owners. For other sites, you can change the primary admin and add and remove other admins.