Hey everyone! I'm looking for your thoughts on the best practices for setting up external sharing in Microsoft Teams. I just started working at a new company, and I've noticed that anyone in the organization can find and message external users on Teams. Personally, I think this could lead to security issues. I believe it would be smarter to limit messaging to only certain approved domains instead. What do you all think? How have you set up your external sharing settings?
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We restrict sharing to only approved domains, and we've turned off anonymous links completely. It just makes things easier to manage and secure.
It really depends on what you need to protect! If you've got anonymous access link sharing enabled, you should definitely have a specific security group that allows only certain users to use it. Plus, make sure they get some training and set links to expire to enhance security.
Thanks for your input! How do you have it set up in your organization?
That setting is actually deprecated now; it was available in the Classic SharePoint Admin Centre.
I agree, that seems like a solid standard! But what if a user wants to reach out to someone outside? Do they end up having to log a case with helpdesk or something?