# Sharing an album

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**Created:** [August 17, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sharing-an-album/850772 "2023-08-17T19:23:18Z")\
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“Sharing” a media title  
and “granting access” to media (if it’s stored on your own Plex server)  
are two different things now.

Sharing is for notifying your friends about a track, album, artist, movie etc.  
e.g. “this album is awesome!”, or maybe “this episode blows”  
See [Discover Together Beta : Announcement & Feedback](https://forums.plex.tv/t/discover-together-beta-announcement-feedback/800886/1)

“Granting access” makes media available for streaming from your server.

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105738-creating-and-managing-server-shares/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105738-creating-and-managing-server-shares/)  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/shared-media/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/shared-media/)

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