Description:

Verifies that SharePoint and OneDrive external sharing is limited to an explicit allowlist of approved partner domains, rather than permitting sharing with any external domain.

Why:

External sharing is restricted to a non-empty allowlist of approved domains, reducing the surface area for accidental or malicious data exposure to untrusted external parties.

Configured: External sharing is restricted by domain allowlist.

Not Configured: External sharing is not restricted by domain allowlist.

Scoring: Contributes up to 1 point to the Posture Recommendations score.

Category: General

Microsoft Licensing: Works with Basic licensing

Secure Score Impact: YES — Microsoft publishes the improvement action "Ensure SharePoint external sharing is managed through domain allowlists/blocklists".

Remediation in Augmentt: Configure directly in Augmentt (Configure tab)

Compliance Frameworks:

  • CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v6 (Level 2) — 7.2.6

  • CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v7 (Level 2) — 7.2.6

  • CIS Controls v8 — 3.3

  • CIS Controls v8.1 — 3.3

Microsoft documentation: