Microsoft 365 apps: NEW FEATURE – Set expiration available for all links when sharing – Enhance Security with Expiring Links

Hi All,
Greetings for the day!
Today, we are discussing a new feature related to Microsoft 365 apps and sharing the link.
NEW FEATURE : Microsoft 365 apps – Set expiration available for all links when sharing
DETAILS
- Microsoft 365 apps will allow us to set expiration dates for all shared links.
- This feature will be available for links shared with
- anyone
- people in your organization
- or selected individuals.
- When we share a link in Microsoft 365, Set expiration date will let allow us to set a date for a link to expire.
- After a user sets a date and the link expires, the link won’t work, and the user will need to make a new link or reshare with people so they can continue to access the file.
- Before the rollout of this feature, we can only set the expiration for links for Anyone.
- With this rollout, we can also set an expiration on for links for People in your organization and People you choose.
DEMO
- Navigate to the SharePoint site from which we need to share the link or share the site and set the expiration date.
- Here, I am navigating to my home site – Knowledge Junction
- We have “Share” menu at right hand side, as shown in below image
- There are two options in “Share” menu
- Share page
- Copy link to page

- Lets share the page.
- Please click on “Share page” link.
- “Share” popup will appear as in below image

- To set the “Expiry date” for sharing link, click on “Gear” (Link settings) icon on “Copy link” button, as shown in above figure
- As we click on “Link settings” link, “Link settings” popup will appear as shown in below image.

- On “Link settings” popup we have an option to set the expiry date “Set expiration date (MM/DD/YYYY)“, as shown in below image.

Thanks for reading ! HAPPY SHARING !
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