In order to share data with specific people with read or edit access, you can invite internal users or external partners to a shared item. The users will receive an E-Mail invitation. If an external partner accesses the share, the partner will automatically be logged in as a guest user.
How to invite internal users or external partners to a share:
Note: Before using this function on a macOS workstation, you have to enable the Drive Finder extension.
Open a folder's or file's context menu in the local Drive folder.
Select this function:
on a Windows system, select
on a macOS system, select
A window opens. It contains functions for inviting people to a share.
Complete the following actions:
On a Windows system, select the
tab. Enter a name or an E-Mail address in .To also share the subfolders, enable
.on a macOS system, select the
tab. Click the icon. Enter a name or an E-Mail address.If required, enter a message.
To edit the permissions on the
tab, the following options are available:In order to adjust a user role, click on the currently active role next to the name. Select an entry from the menu.
In order to remove a permission, click the respective icon next to the name.
If you already shared the selected item, you can change the sharing parameters. To do so, select the
tab.Click on
.Related topics:
Parent topic: On a Workstation