Description:

Verifies that the ability to share SharePoint and OneDrive content externally is restricted to members of designated security groups, rather than being available to every user.

Why:

External sharing is restricted to designated security groups, ensuring only authorised users can share SharePoint and OneDrive content with people outside the organisation.

Configured: External sharing is restricted by security group.

Not Configured: External sharing is not restricted by security group.

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

Category: General

Microsoft Licensing: Works with Basic licensing

Secure Score Impact: Not verified. No Microsoft Secure Score control could be confirmed for this setting from published sources. See the note in README.md before publishing this field.

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

Compliance Frameworks:

  • CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v6 (Level 2) — 7.2.8

  • CIS Controls v8 — 6.8

Microsoft documentation: