Short version:
Teams file sharing update: MS are updating the file sharing and access control experience in to make it similar to the experience with other 365 apps; you’ll have much more control over who can access the link that you share. Look out for this from mid-March onwards.
What you need to know:
Microsoft are updating the file sharing and access control experience in Microsoft Teams to make it similar to the experience with other Microsoft 365 apps.
What you need to do:
With this update, when users share a file from within Teams (desktop/web), they will have the option to create sharing links that provide access to:
- anyone
- people with existing access
- people within your organisation
- specific people, including those in a 1:1 chat, group chat, or channels
Teams still honours the sharing controls defined in SharePoint. For example, if external sharing is disabled in SharePoint, then it is disabled in Teams as well. The default file link permission in Teams will be the same that is set at tenant level, unless that setting has been overridden at the respective SharePoint site level.
Availability
This feature will roll out mid-March to mid-April 2021.
Links
Related blog – Sharing files in Microsoft Teams.
