Ohjeet - Inviting guest to Microsoft Teams group

A person completely outside the organisation can be invited to join the Teams team by any email address. Here are instructions on how to invite a guest to Teams or how to join Teams from another organisation. The instructions are in two parts, the first part deals with the actions to be taken by the inviter and the second part with what the guest should do after receiving the invitation.

Invite - How do I invite a guest to join the team?

Invite guest into your Team with their email address. Check your guest, which email address they wants to be invited with. This email address needs to be a Microsoft account, or your guest must register this email address as Microsoft account when accepting the invitation.

1. Go into that Team you want to invite your guest into

2. Click ... on right of your Team name

3. Click Add Member

4. Write your guests' email address

5. Click Add _______ as a guest below the address

6. Click Add, and wait a moment for the invitation to process. You can repeat 4. - 6. to invite multiple guests.

Guest - What should I do when I receive an invitation to join the team?

The guest will receive an invitation email with an invitation link to the team. The visitor clicks on the button in the invitation in their email.

7. Click "Open Microsoft Teams" button in your Teams invitation

Note! First time you should open your new team with browser. After first use, the new Team will appear in Team client, if you use one.

If you have a Microsoft account, skip to step 11. If you do not have a Microsoft account, continue here:

8. If you do not have a Microsoft account, you will need to confirm the addition of your account to Teams with a code. Click Send code - You will be sent a verification code by email

9. Visit your email and copy the verification code sent by Microsoft

10. Paste the Verification Code in the space provided on the Microsoft account creation page and then click the Sign in button.

11. Check and accept Microsoft account use rights

12. Once you've accepted the permissions, it's time to enable multi-factor authentication. Enable Microsoft Authenticator to log in as a visitor to the University of Jyväskylä Teams: Forced deployment of Microsoft MFA in Teams (guest)