Team owners can invite guests to a team. However, the guest user(s) have limited capabilities which are outlined in the table below.

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You must be a team owner to add a guest in Microsoft Teams.

You must be a team owner to add a guest in Microsoft Teams.

See this support article from Microsoft Support for instructions: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-guests-to-a-team-in-teams-fccb4fa6-f864-4508-bdde-256e7384a14f?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

Capability

Team member

Guest

Create a channel

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Participate in a private chat

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Participate in a channel conversation

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Share a channel file

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Share a chat file

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Add apps (such as tabs, bots, or connectors)

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Can be invited via any work or school account for Microsoft 365


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Create a team

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Delete or edit posted messages

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Discover and join public teams

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Post in the General channel

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View org chart

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