

The guest's browser will display up a message asking if they want to open "Microsoft OneDrive," and they will need to allow this. To set up syncing, they need to click the Sync button. If they don't want to sync everything that was shared, they can browse to the library or folder they want to sync. The recipient may need to enter their Fabrikam username or password, and then they can view the shared item. Behind the scenes, this creates the Contoso guest account in Azure AD.

When the recipient clicks the link in the email to go to the shared item, they need to click "Organizational account" to sign in with their Fabrikam account. The Fabrikam recipient receives an email like the following. Here's an example of what happens after someone at "Contoso" shares a site or folder with someone at "Fabrikam": Only guest accounts that don't require MFA will sync.
#Sync shared folders onedrive for business password#
Since the accounts at two organizations are linked, the user only needs to remember the username and password for the account at their organization.

Once created, a guest account allows Microsoft 365 services like OneDrive and SharePoint to grant a guest permission to sites and folders the same way a member within the organization is granted permission. A guest account at one organization links to a member account at another organization.

We're calling this new feature in the OneDrive sync app "B2B Sync".Īzure Active Directory (AAD) guest accounts play a key role in making B2B Collaboration possible. This scenario is often referred to as Business-to-Business (B2B) Collaboration. The OneDrive sync app now lets users sync libraries or folders in Microsoft SharePoint or Microsoft OneDrive that have been shared from other organizations.
