In case you need to invite an external user to design your organization's SharePoint site with ShortPoint, this article is for you.

Before we start:

• You are using SharePoint Online
• You need to have Global Admin SharePoint admin rights
• Enable External Sharing in your settings.  In order to do this, please follow these steps:

Step 1:

Please navigate to your SharePoint admin center. You need to follow URL like this : https://yourtenantname-admin.sharepoint.com (if you are not able to access it, please contact your Site Administrator).

Step 2:  

From Sites navigation option, click Active sites:

Step 3:

Select the Site you need, navigate to Policies tab and click Edit under External Shareing option:

Step 4: 

Change your Site Content sharing setting to Anyone:

Now we are good to go. 

Step 1: Share your site

Navigate to the site where you are going to use ShortPoint and share it with the external user:

• Classic site

Click Share button and insert the email of the user you need to invite:

• Modern Communication site

Click Share button and insert the email of the user you need to invite:

• Modern Team site

Click the Loudspeaker icon and select Invite team members:

Step 2: Grant permissions to external user

Navigate to the Site settings of your site:

• Select People and groups option
  
  

• Invite user to the Site Owners group

Step 3: Assign external user to ShortPoint license

Navigate to ShortPoint Dashboard -> Licensing and assign your external user to the ShortPoint license and click Save Changes:

That's all. Now external user can use the ShortPoint on your site.

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