How to add a guest to your team channel in Teams

Sometimes you'll want to collaborate with people who aren't in your team’s organization. If you want to collaborate with them in Teams, you can add them as a guest.

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:

1. Select Teams. and go to the team in your team list.
2. Select More options. > Add member.
   
3. Enter the guest's email address. 
4. 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.
   
5. Select Add. Guests should receive a welcome email invitation that includes some information about joining Teams.

 

To join a Team as a Guest:

1. Use the invitation received in your email to join the Team.
2. Ensure you are using the correct Teams profile, you will need to use the Guest profile.
3. To switch profiles, click on the profile icon in the upper-right corner within Teams and select the Guest profile.
4. To verify which profile you are using, make sure that "(Guest)" has been appended to your display name.