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On a SharePoint Online Library > Folder - What PowerShell command/code can grant permissions to an external user (directly, without adding him to a group)?

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On a SharePoint Online Library > Folder - What PowerShell command/code can grant permissions to an external user (directly, without adding him to a group)?

Thank you.

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Hi @frob ,

We are currently looking into this needs and will give you an update as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Thanks,
Elsie Lu

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Hi @ElsieLu-MSFT

I wanted to check if there is any way to do this, please. Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you.

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Hi @ElsieLu-MSFT

As a reference to someone who might need this, I was able to get this to work (as long as the external user is already added as a Guest User in AD).

 Set-PnPFolderPermission -List 'ACN' -Identity 'ACN\ACN' -User 'ExtUser@gmail.com' -AddRole 'Contribute'

Thank you.


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Hi @frob, congratulations on finding it and thanks for sharing! :)

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ElsieLu-MSFT answered frob commented

Hi @frob,

Sorry for the delay. I have done some research and testing. Usually we use Add-SPOUser or Pnp commands to add external users. After my research, the current commands cannot meet your needs. It is currently not supported by powershell to grant external user permissions at the folder level.

We may need to manually authorize external users at the folder level. Thanks for your support and understanding.

References:
Add-SPOUser
Add-PnPUserToGroup
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Hi Elsie

How about if those external users are already added as guest users in AD? Can PowerShell add them directly?

Thanks.

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