Add guests to a team

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

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

See this support article from Microsoft Support for instructions: Add guests to a team in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support

Capability	Team member	Guest
Create a channel
Participate in a private chat
Participate in a channel conversation
Share a channel file
Share a chat file
Add apps (such as tabs, bots, or connectors)
Can be invited via any work or school account for Microsoft 365
Create a team
Delete or edit posted messages
Discover and join public teams
Post in the General channel
View org chart

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