When users click Share without changing options, the link defaults to this permission level. Edit-by-default means recipients can modify or delete content — including invoices, contracts, customer lists.
A scan reports where your tenant stands on this check — pass, fail with a step-by-step fix, or not applicable if your licensing doesn’t include the feature. When Tenant Strike can’t read a setting with read-only access, it says unverified and gives you a one-command way to confirm it yourself — it never guesses.
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Is your tenant covered on "default share links to view-only"?
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