Inviting External Users to Your SharePoint Site
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Guests,
Researchers,
Staff,
Students
Created: 01/11/2013 Last Updated: 04/08/2024
You may invite external users to your team's site by going to:
- [site name] visitors - allows users to read the site and contribute to discussion boards
- [site name] members - allows users to upload documents and contribute to the site
- [site name] owners - allows user to add and delete components of the site
Inviting External Users
- Settings
> Site Settings
- Under Users and Permissons click "People and groups"
- Select the group to add users to:
- Then click New > and enter the email addresses of users you would like to invite
- Click Share
- External users will receive an email to sign into the site or register for a personal Microsoft Account to gain access to the site.
- You can see a list of pending invitations by going to Settings > Site Settings > Access requests and invitations under Users and Permissions
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