Microsoft Teams Now Allow Users To Add Guest Accounts

When Microsoft announced its Microsoft Teams, it was quickly seen as a competitor to Slack, which at the moment is the de facto communications platform for the workspace. Of course it would be hard to make the switch since it would involve a huge effort by everyone, but Microsoft is certainly making it compelling.

The company has announced that Microsoft Teams users can add guests, which means that if the person you’re communicating with doesn’t have an account, adding them as a guest will be a quick and easy temporary fix for that. “We’re starting to roll out the ability to add anyone as a guest in Microsoft Teams. This means that anyone with a business or consumer email account, such as Outlook.com, Gmail.com or others, can participate as a guest in Teams with full access to team chats, meetings and files.”

Microsoft adds, “All guests in Teams are covered by the same compliance and auditing protection as the rest of Office 365, and can be managed securely within Azure AD.” This should make it easier for users to adopt the app, plus guests who have tried it out might consider hopping on board the Microsoft Teams bandwagon as well. That being said, there have been recent reports that Microsoft could be considering a free version of Microsoft Teams which should no doubt aid in boosting adoption of the platform.

Tyler Lee
Categories: General
Tags: Apps, Microsoft