Password protected sharing ArcGIS Online without organizational account

[TomBos]

What would really be beneficial to ArcGIS Online from my point of view, would be adding the possibility to share content with 'everyone' while using some form of basic password protection (password protected sharing for users without organizational account). Other cloud services (OneDrive for example) offer similar functionality. The lack of this functionality is pretty much what keeps me from using ArcGIS Online for sharing content.

[orcablackwhite]

This is 100% needed.

I work in a consulting field where the people who need to see our maps our outside of our organization.

Not being able to share maps at least semi-securely is driving us to other products that offer these capabilities.  

I'd be happy to see either a password protected option (for less sensitive data) or an option to send an email invite to users outside our organization that allows them to create a free view-only account as long as that process is easy and simple--many of these users are not going to be willing to jump through hoops to view the map (if it is any more complicated than clicking on an email link and setting a password, they're simply not going to do it).

I'm able to do that with other services, but I'd love to be able to stick within the ArcGIS ecosystem and share layers/maps/apps that way.

[Teresa_Blader]

Now that Esri has released Developer's Credentials, this is possible for individual feature services, but not for a web map. I want someone to be able to open a web map link with a token id and token password. It's like it's possible to create this and give the credentials permission to access the item, but it doesn't work at the web map level... the map still has to be shared with "everyone" and the token has to be included in the url, which I think kind of defeats the purpose of it.

[BrendanDijkstra]

It is insane how we approach 2025 and this feature is still missing. Esri ArcGIS really needs to step up and fix their online portal, as to most use cases the entire online portal is completely unusable like this.

[TrevorHarry]

This kind of feature would be super beneficial to my organization, since we share maps with contractors ("public") that not everyone needs to see.

[DanielWatkins_metro]

Support this idea.  We need additional sharing and security options other than full account needed or fully public

[DanteStGermain]

I would also like to see this feature implemented.  It is impossible to make AGOL maps which are viewable by our leadership (who do not have AGOL logins) without making the map viewable by everyone.  This makes it impossible for us to share preliminary data with leadership only.  A preliminary map that is viewable only by some kind of invite, without having to get, let's say, our city mayor an AGOL login that he will literally never otherwise use.

[NeilKY]

This is an extremely important feature to our organization. I am surprised it's not an option yet. Security is a major issue the way it works now.

[ScottStepro1]

10+ year old question, four pages of responses and no movement on this? This is a fantastic idea @JackDangermond

make this happen... 

[LhannaSantos]

Agreed. I’ve been waiting on this for years because the alternatives just don't work. It’d be great to finally reach more people without compromising on data safety @JackDangermond

[NeilKY]

This is one of those features that determines whether an entire organization uses ESRI or some other competitor.

It should be a top priority because implementing this feature will bring and retain more customers than a flashy new feature will.