MC923419: Microsoft Loop: Configure guest sharing for tenants with sensitivity labels

Announcement IDMC923419Published Date11-01-2024
ServiceofficeonlineLast Updated12-20-2024
CategoryStay informedExpiration Date03-10-2025
Roadmap IDAction Required by Date
TagsAdmin impact, Feature update, User impact


Summary
                Microsoft Loop will update guest sharing for tenants with sensitivity labels, respecting OneDrive and SharePoint settings. Rollout begins December 2024, completing by January 2025. Admins can configure B2B guest sharing policies in SharePoint. Users can share Loop components with external guests, subject to admin policies.


More Information

Before this rollout, guest sharing for Microsoft Loop components, pages, and workspaces is available for tenants that have not configured sensitivity labels, as communicated in MC736437 Microsoft Loop: Guest Sharing (March 2024). After this rollout and the rollout of Microsoft Information Protection for Loop workspaces, B2B (business to business) guest sharing for Loop workspaces, pages, and components will be available for all tenants, including those who have configured sensitivity labels, subject to admin policy. If admins configure the policy, users will be able to share Loop workspaces, pages, and components with people outside of your tenant. This message applies to Loop on the web and on iOS/Android devices.

This message is related to MC923176 Microsoft Loop: Sensitivity labels at the container level (November 2024).

Note: Loop will respect your Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint sharing settings. If your tenant does not allow sharing with guests, then it will prevent guest sharing of Loop workspaces, pages, and components as well.

When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out in early December 2024 (previously early November) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously early January). 

How this will affect your organization:

After this rollout, if admins have configured Microsoft SharePoint for B2B guest sharing, users in your organization will be able to share Loop workspaces, pages, and components with people outside of your tenant. Users can share pages and components with the People you choose option. Guest users cannot create workspaces.

The user experience: The Share button in the top left of the Loop app:

The Share button

Sharing menu with option to share workspace, page, or component:

The Share button

Copy link dialog box with the Settings icon:

Copy link dialog box with the Settings icon

Sharing dialog box with People you choose selected:

Sharing dialog box with People you choose selected

Admins: You can configure sharing of Loop workspaces, pages, and components with guests by enabling these policies in Microsoft SharePoint admin center > Policies > Sharing:

  1. Set the organization-level external sharing settings for to allow content to be shared with New and existing guests or Existing guests.
  2. Enable the B2B collaboration with external guests.Enable the B2B collaboration

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

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