Wednesday, 19 September 2018

SharePoint Online Share URL "Anyone" Grayed Out




Following steps allows you to enable “Anyone” option for Guest Contributor

1) Run PowerShell as Administrator

   Should be installed with latest version SharePoint Online Management Shell

2) To Connect Online SharePoint the power shell

$adminUPN="<the full email address of a SharePoint administrator account, example: jdoe@contosotoycompany.onmicrosoft.com>"
$orgName="<name of your Office 365 organization, example: contosotoycompany>"
$userCredential = Get-Credential -UserName $adminUPN -Message "Type the password."

3) C:\Windows\system32>

Connect-SPOService -Url https://$orgName-admin.sharepoint.com -Credential $userCredential   (Sharepoint Admin URL)

4) C:\Windows\system32>

Result: ExternalUserSharingOnly

5) PS C:\Windows\system32>

Set-SPOSite -Identity https://Contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/TeamSite -SharingCapability ExternalUserAndGuestSharing

6) PS C:\Windows\system32> (Get-SPOSite -Identity 

https://Contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/TeamSite).SharingCapability

Result: ExternalUserAndGuestSharing







Now refresh the SharePoint Page and check for the Share link