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: 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 | ✅ | ✅ |
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 | ✅ |
Need help?
Contact the IST Service Desk online or 519-888-4567 ext. 44357.
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