Creating extranet or business-to-business (B2B) sites in SharePoint removes the need to create and manage Active Directory accounts in an on-premises forest for external users, and also allows organizations to utilize the native site collection security boundaries and Azure security controls present in Office 365.
Some of the benefits of using B2B sites in the Microsoft 365 platform include the following:
- Low implementation cost: No additional hardware or software resources outside of your existing Microsoft 365 licensing are necessary; no firewall or other network configurations need to be made.
- Secure sharing and identity management: B2B extranet sharing in Microsoft 365 allows us to restrict partners or guests to a single site easily, as well as making it easy for us to manage who can share what and what external domains are allowed or blocked.
- Collaboration: Seamless collaboration capabilities allow external guests to interact with internal users via...