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Values

Required

User-Interface Options

Descriptions

external_passthrough

true/false

Optional

Retain external users

Enabling this feature will attempt to retain guest account permissions and ownership.

Attempt to resolve first

An attempt will be made to resolve external user accounts to a destination user. If no destination user is matched, the ownership and permissions will be retained utilizing an external user account.

Retain guest account permissions and ownership, but attempting to resolve the account against a destination account first before retaining the permissions and ownership utilizing an external user account.

passthrough

true/false

Optional

Retain external users

Enabling this feature will attempt to retain guest account permissions and ownership.

Do not attempt to resolve first

The ownership and permissions will be retained utilizing an external user account without any attempt to resolve that account to a destination account.

Retain guest account permissions and ownership utilizing an external account without first attempting to resolve the account against a destination account.

Note: External email already associated as a guest account in OfB/O365 will work regardless of whether external_passthrough is on

Most commonly used for Network File Share (NFS)


Feature Matrix

Connector

External Permissions

Supported with Batch Mode

Root Folder

Folder

Files

Must accept invite before
permission is visible to SkySync

OneDrive for Business

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Yes

Office365

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Yes

Box

Supported

Supported

Supported

Not Supported

Yes

DropBox for Business

Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Not Supported

No

Syncplicity

Supported

Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

No

GSuite

Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

No

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  • External Passthrough functionality will not be applied until the external user is a registered Guest Account in SharePoint Online. All external permission requests will go to the Access Requests page in SharePoint Online, and every guest account must be approved individually. Once the invitation has been accepted by the external user, the guest is provisioned and access to shared content is available. Subsequent content shared with external users will automatically pass through since the guest account is now recognized.

  • External Passthrough will invite external users as far back as the date it was originally shared on the source platform. For example, content shared 5 years ago with external users will be sent an invite if approved on the guest access page in SharePoint Online. 

  • Accounts suspended on the source platform by the Administrator will be flagged and ignored by SkySync; they will not be transferred as external users. However, any content shared to an external account such as a personal email will be transferred with the external passthrough feature. 

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