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Hi Guys,<br />
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I need a couple of basic answers re MS SharePoint Services and user groups;<br />
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1. &nbsp;Can documents in SharePoint be shared with &quot;external users&quot; outside the organisation, who is not necessarily using SharePoint, only using e-mail for that matter? &nbsp;(For example via a link)<br />
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2. &nbsp;Does SharePoint offer a group discussion (chat) option between group users? &nbsp;Can a group contain &quot;external&quot; users?<br />
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3. &nbsp;Can users in a group be maintained by the group owner, or only by the system administrator?
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Hi Guys,

I need a couple of basic answers re MS SharePoint Services and user groups;

1.  Can documents in SharePoint be shared with "external users" outside the organisation, who is not necessarily using SharePoint, only using e-mail for that matter?  (For example via a link)

2.  Does SharePoint offer a group discussion (chat) option between group users?  Can a group contain "external" users?

3.  Can users in a group be maintained by the group owner, or only by the system administrator?

MS SharePoint Services

Microsoft Sharepoint is a software platform and family of software products used for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence and collaboration. SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite.