PeoplePicker: search external users

[saidireddy-basireddy]

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Category

[ ] Enhancement

[X] Bug

[ ] Question

Version

Please specify what version of the library you are using: [ 1.12.0 ]

Expected / Desired Behavior / Question

Ability to type external user email address and for the people picker to resolve the user just like it works in OOTB people picker.

Observed Behavior

People picker doesn't resolve the external users who have not been added to SharePoint online site.

Steps to Reproduce

->Type external user email address in the people picker

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[harrychen1]

Has this issue resolved? Thanks.

[shivashyavi]

We have been struggling with same issue only to find out that External users are not supported in PnP People Picker control. Is there any update on this bug?

[alminmanalo]

The search for external users worked for me. So what I did was:

1. Run the following Powershell scripts

Set-SPOTenant -ShowPeoplePickerSuggestionsForGuestUsers $true
Set-SPOTenant -ShowAllUsersClaim $true
Set-SPOTenant -ShowEveryoneClaim $true

2. Then in the SharePoint site where the SPFx webpart is, I added "Everyone" in the Visitors group
3. Then I also added the external users in the Visitors group

[milanholemans]

Just encountered the same issue. Since this is already open for 2 years, @AJIXuMuK is it ok if I fix this one?

Edit:
Looking at it again seems like all you have to do is set allowUnvalidated to true. Maybe this is something that can be better explained in the docs?

[michaelmaillot]

Hi @milanholemans,

Are you still interested into taking this one?

Otherwise and if it's not out of your scope @AJIXuMuK, I can bring a PR to update the docs about how to handle external users?

[milanholemans]

Hi @milanholemans,

Are you still interested into taking this one?

Otherwise and if it's not out of your scope @AJIXuMuK, I can bring a PR to update the docs about how to handle external users?

Please do!