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How to Share a folder using Outlook Web App (OWA)

If you have a very complex mail structure to share you may want to request a shared mailbox instead.

To enable sharing to a user you haven't shared with before:

  • Only needs to be done once per user.
  1. Open Mail in OWA
  2. Click More under folders to see the full folder list
  3. Right click your name in the folder list and select 'Permissions...'
  4. Click the + to add a person
  5. Enter the person's name and click 'Add'
  6. Select the desired permissions - 'Folder visible' must be a selected
  7. Click OK
To share specific folders:
  • If you have folders within folders you must share all parent folders of the folder you want to share as well.
  • Repeat for each folder you want to share.
  • Permissions are not inherited, so you cannot share an entire folder tree by only sharing the top folder.
  1. Select the folder you want to share
  2. Right click your name in the folder list and select 'Permissions...'
  3. Click the + to add a person
  4. Enter the person's name and click 'Add'
  5. Select the desired permissions - 'Folder visible' must be a selected
  6. Click OK

 

 
 
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