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mdachenhaus_yoh
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2 years ago
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Impact of SSO on collaborators outside of my organization/domain

We have discovered that some of our marketing staff had set-up Dropbox accounts on their own to use when collaborating with an outside marketing partner.  We are exploring the possibility of upgradin...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    2 years ago

    Would your partners be on the same team account as you or would they have their own individual accounts mdachenhaus_yoh?

     

    If only your company would be part of the team and using SSO, this wouldn't affect any shared folders you might have shared with your partners. 

     

    Let us know if you have any follow up questions! 

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mdachenhaus_yoh
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

I believe they are a mix of account types, but the goal would be to move to a business grade account as I believe that is what is required in order to have the ability to leverage SSO.  And yes, they collaborate via shared folders primarily.

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Walter
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2 years ago

Would your partners be on the same team account as you or would they have their own individual accounts mdachenhaus_yoh?

 

If only your company would be part of the team and using SSO, this wouldn't affect any shared folders you might have shared with your partners. 

 

Let us know if you have any follow up questions! 

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