Restricting sharing to specific domains

In the previous recipe, we covered how to configure external sharing abilities within OneDrive and SharePoint. Part of doing so is considering the restriction of external sharing to people on specific domains. For example, you may wish to block users in your organization from sharing files with your top competitors' domain, or you may wish to only allow sharing with brand domains that fall under a parent company umbrella.

In this recipe, we'll cover how to restrict external sharing to specific domains we trust and know our users need to collaborate with regularly.

Getting ready

You must be a global or SharePoint administrator to access the OneDrive admin center.

How to do it…

1. Go to the OneDrive admin center at https://admin.onedrive.com.
2. Select Sharing from the left-side navigation menu.
3. Scroll down to the External sharing section.
4. Expand Advanced settings for external sharing.
5. Check the...