Sharing Files or Folders in SharePoint

The files you store on a SharePoint site are usually available to everyone with permissions to the site, but you may want to share specific files or folders with people who don't otherwise have access to the site.

You can find out which users have access to a document by selecting the document and clicking on the details context menu:

Within the details pane, you will see who "Has Access" where you can also manage the access and grant more.

To share a document with additional users:

1. Hover over the document and select click the share icon
   
2. Select the dropdown list to change the type of link. the details pane opens, where you can change who can access the link and whether people can edit the item you’re sharing.
   
    
   1. Anyone with the link
   2. People in [Your Organisation]
   3. People with existing access
   4. Specific People
3. Enter the names of one or more users who you'd like to share the content with
4. Add a message if required
   
   
5. Click 'Send'