Hey everyone! I'm looking for advice on the best practices for external sharing settings in Microsoft Teams. I've recently joined a new organization where users can search for and message anyone outside the company who also uses Teams, which doesn't seem very secure to me. I believe we should limit messaging to certain approved domain names instead. What settings do you all have in place for external sharing? Any insights would be appreciated!
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It really depends on what you're trying to protect. If you're allowing external anonymous access, make sure to have a security group that only lets specific users share links—and ensure those users are trained. Also, links should be set to expire after a certain time.
Just a heads up, that specific setting you're mentioning is actually deprecated, so check the latest updates in your settings.
In our organization, we only allow approved domains for external messaging and have disabled anonymous links entirely. This setup helps maintain security.
That sounds ideal! But what if an employee needs to communicate with someone outside of those approved domains? Do they have to go through helpdesk?
Thanks for the tip! How are you or other organizations setting this up?