Logging in to a Stony Brook SharePoint Site as an External User

This KB Article References: SharePoint
This Information is Intended for: Instructors, Guests, Researchers, Staff, Students
Created: 08/01/2012 Last Updated: 04/08/2024
When you invite non Stony Brook users to your site via their email, they will receive a message from the "Microsoft Online Services Team" containing the link to your site.  
The link will prompt them to sign in with an existing Microsoft Account or create a new one.
 
* Upon signing up, they may get an additional email to verify their account.
** If users to not see the Microsoft sign in page, they should clear their cache in their browser by pressing
Ctrl + Shift + Delete on their keyboard.
 
IMPORTANT:  Be sure to FOLLOW the site, by clicking the follow button. This will allow you to sign into the Office365 portal from any computer:  portal.office.com
and then find this site in SharePoint > Following