Microsoft SharePoint Online provides a powerful environment for internal document management and collaboration. However, sharing sensitive information with people outside your organisation can introduce permission sprawl, unmanaged copies, version confusion and reduced visibility over who can access your information.

Objective Connect integrates directly with Microsoft SharePoint Online to create a secure and governed environment for external collaboration. Users can create an Objective Connect workspace from SharePoint in a single click, invite external participants and collaborate on the documents already managed in SharePoint. External participants do not require a SharePoint Online account, while internal teams can continue working within their existing SharePoint environment.

In this product brief, discover how Objective Connect helps organisations maintain SharePoint Online as their single source of truth while enabling external participants to securely view, download, update and sign documents. You’ll also explore capabilities including granular access controls, document tagging and governance policies, digital signatures, online editing, task and conversation management, mobile access, real-time activity tracking and tamper-proof audit reporting.

With security features including AES-256 encryption, gated co-authoring, preview-only access with watermarking and an IRAP assessment up to PROTECTED, Objective Connect allows government and regulated organisations to collaborate beyond their boundaries without compromising control, security or accountability.