kz69e (kz69e) asked a question.
Okta Authentication to SharePoint Online site for Internal and External Users
We want to setup a site on SharePoint in our Microsoft 365 tenant to share videos with a select audience of internal and external users.
- Internal users - Belong to a specific Active Directory group and have a Microsoft 365 license
- External users - manually setup in Okta, no Microsoft 365 license
Here's how we need it to flow:
- User goes to Internet facing URL
- User hits Okta authentication page
- Internal user authenticates via SSO from our Microsoft 365 tenant
- External user enters username/password assigned to manually setup Okta user
- User is passed on to our tube site
We have currently something similar setup, but with a separate service hosting the content. We'd like to move to our SharePoint and save the extra cost of the external content hosting.
Any help much appreciated.
Hi @kz69e (kz69e) , Thank you for reaching out to the Okta Community!
I was unable to locate an explicit guide for this, but the following resources seem to suggest that this is possible:
https://support.okta.com/help/s/question/0D50Z00008G7UymSAF/sharepoint-online-with-okta-and-external-users?language=en_US
https://www.okta.com/sites/default/files/pdf/Datasheet_Identity_Sharepoint_Portals_1.pdf
If you have an account with us, I recommend opening a case to go over things with my colleagues from the Support Team.
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