Using Sharepoint as a Public Document Upload Form

Hello,
We have ran into an issue where an external part of our company needs an upload solution. Members have Powerpoint documents which need to be uploaded to internal users in the company.
We have been extensivly been researching the capabilities of Sharepoint Public Sites, but have not been able to find a straight answer. Does a Sharepoint public site have the capabilities to allow public users to upload Powerpoint documents into a document
library?
I know this is possible for internal Sharepoint sites but am wondering of the external. Also, we would prefer if users did not have to validate before logging in. If necessary would we be able to denote a simple username and password?
Thanks

Hi,
Based on your description, my understanding is that you want allow external users to upload PowerPoint documents into a document library of SharePoint public site.
You can Share you site/library with external user and grant them with edit permission.
We have two version of SharePoint, one the online version and the other on premise installation.
In online version, we can invite external users(liveID and google users) to have access to site and documents. This feature is provided by ADFS server already configured OOB in online version.
On premise version does not have by default the feature to share with external users or customers. we have to extend the site and provide different identity providers. The identity provider can be Active directory, SQL server, Claims, ADFS server which will
support liveID.
Here is a similar post, refer to it:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/64952ea4-6639-4c49-8330-2ac80da42bc3/external-users-and-sharepoint-2013
Best Regards,
Lisa Chen
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