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SharePoint external sharing

Share with partners without losing control.

SharePoint lets your teams work with agencies, suppliers and partners outside the organisation, but who you share with, what, for how long and from which sites all need deciding first. We run discovery workshops, explain your options and set SharePoint up so projects can share what they need and nothing more.

Related services

Security and collaboration services.

External sharing sits between collaboration and security. These services cover both sides.

SharePoint governance

Who owns each site, who can create new ones and how sharing decisions are made.

SharePoint governance

SharePoint collaboration

Files, libraries and sites set up so internal and external teams can work together.

SharePoint collaboration

Microsoft Purview

Data loss prevention and sensitivity labels that stop sensitive content being shared by mistake.

Microsoft Purview

Data security as a service

Ongoing reports and reviews of your security position, including sharing activity.

Data security service

Orchestry

Provisioning and lifecycle management that applies sharing rules when workspaces are created.

Orchestry

3 levels

of sharing to decide on: individual documents, Teams and whole sites

20+ years

of SharePoint experience

1 working day

to respond to your enquiry

How we work

How an external sharing project runs.

01

Discovery

Workshops with IT and project teams to understand who you need to share with, what content and for how long.
02

Design

A sharing model setting out which sites allow external access, whether to allow specific domains or approved tenants, and time limits.
03

Build

We configure the tenant and site sharing settings, domain and tenant restrictions and any expiry rules.
04

Train

Guidance for site owners on how to share, what is allowed and how to review who has access.
05

Go live

The new settings are applied, existing external access is reviewed and we help with anything that needs adjusting.

Client feedback

What it is like to work with us.

“The migration went very smoothly, and our new intranet ensures our data is secure and easily accessible.”

George IrvineHead of IT, CitNOW

“Their approach to understanding our organisation, values, goals and challenges, helped them deliver on our brief with excellent communications and support throughout.”

Sheila HanneyHead of Staff Development, Policy and Practice, Key and Community Lifestyles

Case studies

Case studies we have delivered.

Simpler permissions after a move

Praxis moved from a file server to Teams and SharePoint, with a Team per business function and simpler permissions for a hybrid workforce.

Read the Praxis case study

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Is external sharing in SharePoint secure?

It can be. There are several ways to share safely, such as only allowing users from a specific domain or approving a specific tenant, and the right choice depends on who you work with.

What can we share externally?

Individual documents, Teams or whole sites. You can be specific about what is shared, with whom and for how long.

Our IT team wants to limit sharing and project teams want more. How do you handle that?

We run discovery workshops with both, agree the options and set up a model that gives projects the access they need while keeping everything else locked down.

How much does it cost?

It depends on your sharing needs. Contact us for an honest discussion and an idea of costs.

Talk to our team about external sharing.

Tell us what you are working on and we will come back to you within one working day to arrange a call.