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creating user without license for Sharepoint
Hello, I need to give access to some external users of my organization to our Sharepoint (Office 365). So I created a user in my tenant without giving im a license, this allow me to assign his name...
- Hi Charles,
It is 100% legal per the official article here
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/sharepoint/external-sharing-overview?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fManage-external-sharing-for-your-SharePoint-Online-environment-C8A462EB-0723-4B0B-8D0A-70FEAFE4BE85
Hope that helps,
Best, Chris
Thanks guys.
Thanks for the point out. I interpreted the question as the invitation and ‘creation’ of an external guest account into a SPO site - not the actual creation of a user on the domain through the admin centre. These external guests usually have EXT on the UPN.
Apologies, will try to be more specific next time!
Best, Chris
Thanks for the point out. I interpreted the question as the invitation and ‘creation’ of an external guest account into a SPO site - not the actual creation of a user on the domain through the admin centre. These external guests usually have EXT on the UPN.
Apologies, will try to be more specific next time!
Best, Chris
Hmmmm... Guest users are guest users whether they are created using the Azure AD portal or created by an application as the result of a user extending a sharing invitation (SharePoint) or to join a group (Teams, Planner, Office 365 Groups). The end result is an Azure AD account marked as a guest. These accounts don't need to be licensed to access resources in a tenant. They do need licenses (1:5 ratio to tenant accounts, but this is not enforced) when Azure AD premium features are used (like dynamic groups), but that doesn't come into play if the accounts are used for SharePoint document sharing.
See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/b2b/licensing-guidance