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How to break inheritance of parent folder in OneDrive for Business. Assign "Everyone except external users"

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Posted on by Chupper 28

I am creating a flow to create a folder when an end user submits a form.

 

The folder is being created within an existing path.  Year > Month > Variable Folder

 

I need to keep the year and month folder as "No edit". The folder being created and all subfolders need to be "Can edit".

 

Is there a way to do this via dynamic content in MS Flow?

Can an example be provided how to run this properly with screenshots.

 

Thank you

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  • Chupper Profile Picture
    Chupper 28 on at
    Re: How to break inheritance of parent folder in OneDrive for Business. Assign "Everyone except external users"

    To give a little more insight, here is a capture of my flow where I need to break the inheritance:

    Chupper_0-1655906334879.png

    Once my "Showfolder" folder is created, I want to break inheritance from the Parent folder ("For what month?") which had "no edit" permissions. Then apply "edit" permissions to the "Showfolder". 

     

  • v-xiaochen-msft Profile Picture
    v-xiaochen-msft on at
    Re: How to break inheritance of parent folder in OneDrive for Business. Assign "Everyone except external users"

    Hi @Chupper ,

     

    You can add a permission for this new file/folder by using graph api.

    vxiaochenmsft_0-1655976078370.png

     

    It will break inheritance and as you know the write permission is greater than read.

     

    Best Regards,

    Wearsky

     

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