How do external SharePoint permissions work?

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We currently have a SharePoint site which has been made accessible to an external client.

I believe when it was set up, I was asked to provide the clients email domain name, @company.com.

When I share the SharePoint with our clients specific users, the users receive the email with the 'Open' button embedded into the email, once they click Open they can then access the SharePoint.

If the user saves the button link as a URL shortcut and then tries to access, it doesn't allow it. They must click the button in the email.

My question is....what's stored in the email to make it work? I just can't get my head around how it works.

If anyone has some information on the subject it would be useful to know, as some of the users has queried why they can't just have a Shortcut saved to the desktop due to the quantity of emails they receive, our email just gets lost.

Thanks

Swain90
 
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