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 Mac OS workstation, you have to enable the Drive Finder Extension.
Open the local Drive folder in your system's file browser.
To send an E-Mail invitation for accessing a share to internal users or external partners, select
in the context menu.A window opens. It contains functions for inviting people to a share.
Select the
tab and do the following:On a MS Windows system, enter a name or an E-Mail address in
.To also share the sub-folders, enable
.On a Mac OS system, click the
icon. Enter a name or an E-Mail address.If required, enter a message.
To edit the permissions, 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
.Also see
Parent topic: On a workstation