Sometimes you'll want to collaborate with people who aren't in your team’s organization. Team owners can add people external to the organization (i.e. users without University of Toronto email addresses) to teams as guests to collaborate with them. Guests have fewer capabilities than team members or team owners, but there's still a lot they can do.
Note: Guests must have a Microsoft 365 work or school account. If the guest doesn’t yet have a Microsoft account associated with their email address, they will be directed to create one for free.
Capability |
Owner |
Member |
Guest |
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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 |
✓ |
✓ |
|
View org chart |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Add or remove members and guests |
✓ |
|
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Edit or delete a team |
✓ |
|
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Set team permissions for channels, tabs, and connectors |
✓ |
|
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Change the team picture |
✓ |
|
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Add guests to a team |
✓ |
|
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Auto-show channels for the whole team |
✓ |
|
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Control @[team name] mentions |
✓ |
|
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Allow @channel or @[channel name] mentions |
✓ |
|
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Allow usage of emoji, GIFs, and memes |
✓ |
|
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Renew a team |
✓ |
|
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Archive or restore a team |
✓ |
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