You can add or invite anyone outside of your Teams org who uses Teams. Anyone with a business or consumer email account, such as Outlook, Gmail, or others, can participate as a guest in Teams
To add a guest to your team in Teams:
- Select Teams. and go to the team in your team list.
- Select More options. > Add member.
- Enter the guest's email address.
- Add your guest's name. Select Edit guest information
and type a friendly name for them. Be sure to take the time to do this now, you'll need the help of an IT admin to do it later.
- Select Add. Guests should receive a welcome email invitation that includes some information about joining Teams.
To join a Team as a Guest:
- Use the invitation received in your email to join the Team.
- Ensure you are using the correct Teams profile, you will need to use the Guest profile.
- To switch profiles, click on the profile icon in the upper-right corner within Teams and select the Guest profile.
- To verify which profile you are using, make sure that "(Guest)" has been appended to your display name.
