Sharing Onedrive Files and Documents
This guide provides a straightforward approach to sharing files and documents on OneDrive, making collaboration easy and efficient. It outlines essential steps for selecting recipients, setting permissions, and customizing share settings, including password protection. By following this guide, users can enhance their file-sharing experience, ensuring that they maintain control over access and security. Whether for personal or professional use, this resource simplifies the sharing process, making it accessible for everyone.
- Right click file name you want to share
- Click add name or group or email
You cannot choose an Outlook Distribution Group
- Click "Add more" to add addition names, groups or emails.
- You can choose to share with groups
Again, you cannot share to distribution groups
- Adding another name to share to...Jon
- Click "Add a message" to define why or what is being shared
- Click "Link settings" to view additional options
- Click dropdown on "can edit" option to provide additional permissions
- Can select other permissions for file and expiration date for share
- You also can set a password on the share
Alert! The password you set isn't recoverable.
- After choosing your additional options, Click "Apply"
- Click "Send" to share the file
- Share notification is sent, Click "Close"
In file explorer: Note the person symbol next to the green checkmark. This shows that the file is now shared.
in the Onedrive online view: Note the shared call out. This shows that the file is now shared.
