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How can I assign Visitor access for external users to a SharePoint communication site?

Melanie Peinkofer 0 Reputation points
2024-05-01T21:26:34.2833333+00:00

The SharePoint site access does not allow me to add a visitor's email address. These external users have NOT been entered as Microsoft Entra guests. This SharePoint communication site will store training videos. So visitors will NOT be allowed to edit files.

I want to avoid the issue described below, when Team Guests have right to edit files. "Teams Guests get added to the SharePoint Members Group, not the Sharepoint Visitors Group".

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/does-teams-visitors-group-for-guests-serve-any/a92b59f8-948d-4ea3-b51e-d33f353140dc#:~:text=Teams%20Guests%20get%20added%20to,not%20the%20Sharepoint%20Visitors%20Group.

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  1. Emily Du-MSFT 42,341 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-05-03T06:01:32.6466667+00:00

    Based on your description, I understand that you want to guest users can view videos but cannot edit videos in the communication site.

    Here are steps to achieve this:

    1.Go to the site collection -> Site permissions -> Advanced permissions settings -> Communications Visitors -> New -> Add users -> Enter external user's email.

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    2.After adding the external user, the external user can access the communication site but cannot edit contents in this site.

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