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# Sharing Connections

![](/files/L9EXGfJNlp1YD6gGYpnz)

## Overview

Keeper Connection Manager allows users to share access to their connection session with a URL.  This allows for easy sharing of a connection session among teams, or sharing of connections to people without Keeper Connection Manager accounts.

## Create a Sharing Profile

The first step to connection sharing is to create a Sharing Profile.  This needs to be made for each connection that will be shared.

To create a sharing profile, head to the "Connection" tab of the Settings menu and click the arrow next to the connection you would like to add a sharing profile to.

You will see a list of all the sharing profiles created for this connection, click "New Sharing Profile" to create a new profile, or click an existing sharing profile to edit it.

![Create new sharing profiles from the connections settings](/files/mxog4mxTBAJgXNBObrXQ)

The Sharing Profile form will open. Fill in the name and options to configure the sharing profile.

![Sharing Profile](/files/vsqmVRBHt7C9dPrwFu3M)

Click "Save" to create the sharing profile.

{% hint style="info" %}
When editing an existing profile, you also have the options to delete or clone the profile.
{% endhint %}

## Sharing Connections

To initiate a connection share, from within a connection session first open the connection menu using `Ctrl+Shift+Win` (`Ctrl+Shift+Cmd` for Mac).  When at least one sharing profile exists for the connection, the "Sharing" menu will appear next to the user's name.

![Sharing Menu in Connection](/files/FVdRou0t2BkXvHbyYws1)

Click "Sharing" to see a list of the sharing profiles for this connection. 

![Select a sharing profile](/files/JgYLRCiBa1AazypU4c7u)

Select which profile to use and click it to create a sharing URL which can be shared to give anyone access to this connection session.

![](/files/ujiBYPYBOoc1eoV6X8pa)

When someone without an account in this Keeper Connection Manager system connections to the session, they will have full access to the connection (unless "Read Only" was selected in the sharing profile settings) however they will not have a user menu, or sharing menu.

![The connection menu for  someone without an account](/files/8yr8DDcDDviC3qOuoXLw)


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