Teams: Invite a Guest to the Organization

Teams allows employees to invite persons to Teams utilizing their personal email address. Guests will have limited accessibility and may not be able to do much more than communicate with individuals and team members. If you find the limited access is not sufficient, they will need to be assigned a company account.

This guide will show you how you can invite a guest to your team.

Open Microsoft Teams and go to the Team/Group that you want to add the employee to. (In this example I am using the BCG team)
Click ... (more options)
Click Manage team
Click Add member
Type the full email address of the Guest you are adding, then click the Add .... as a guest option that shows up
Click the Add button to finilize the guest invite

After a brief wait, you will see the following message under your newly added guest:

You can close the Add members window

The guest will receive a message from Microsoft Teams that looks like the below:

Your guest will need to click "Open Microsoft Teams" to complete the setup. Once complete, they can install teams on their preferred device.

Note: HPG IT does not control the guest's credentials. They will either setup a new password or will utilize the password they use to access their personal email. In some cases, they will utilize a password less authentication method where they are emailed a password each time they are required to authenticate. HPG IT cannot assist guests with login issues.