OneDrive: Supported Permission Levels

Summary

This article explains and highlights OneDrive sharing/permissions and also lists ways to get more specific details from Microsoft help articles.

 

Content

OneDrive simplifies the process of granting permissions and reduced the types of permissions to Editor and Viewer. The default setting is Can view. If you want to grant editing permissions, you must select it from the drop-down menu.

OneDrive has increased the methods of sharing through options as well as through the integration of OneDrive with Teams/Sharepoint and Office including Outlook. Additional options include sharing with people with existing access (most likely part of a Team or Sharepoint organization that you also belong to) as well as setting expiration date and password options when sharing a link with Anyone.

The default setting for OneDrive is can view. To allow editing, you must use the dropdown menu and select Can edit.

 

Further Readings

Sharing and permissions in the SharePoint modern experience 

Share OneDrive files and folders 

  

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