Inviting External Users to Your SharePoint Site
This Information is Intended for: Instructors, 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 orregister for a personal Microsoft Accountto gain access to the site.
- You can see a list of pending invitations by going toSettings>Site Settings> Access requests and invitationsunder Users and Permissions
> Site Settings
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