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External Access in Teams

Heidi Poffenroth 21 Reputation points
2020-06-24T17:46:47.02+00:00

Hello, I understand that External Access is enabled by default in Teams. Everything I have read says that external access allows you to communicate with external users, by finding, chatting, calling, etc. I want to be able to invite external people to my meetings, but I dont want to be searchable in Teams by external people. If I turn off external access, will I still be able to invite external people to my meetings? What specifically happens when I turn off external access? Thanks.

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  1. NikBI 76 Reputation points
    2020-06-24T23:16:48.757+00:00

    The External Access is for Direct/Instant Messaging or Collaboration. You can turn that off.

    Meetings are a separate feature and you can invite anyone and you get a link for the Meeting. A phone number is included if you have the calling plan. You can also manage whether you allow anonymous access. That setting is in the Teams Admin > Meetings > Meeting Settings. Attached images of the Meeting Settings and how an anonymous user can sign in through a web browser if they get the link from your invite.

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  1. Sharon Zhao-MSFT 25,766 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2020-06-25T06:43:22.567+00:00

    Hi HeidiPoffenroth-9890,

    You can turn on guest access in your environment. Then configure guest access in Microsoft Teams admin center. You can control the access of guest from calling, meeting and messaging.
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