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Best practices: Open OneDrive/SharePoint sharing but restrict Teams guest access by domain
Teams external access policies should allow you to specify a list of allowed/blocked domains, which is independent of Entra's list. You can configure them here:
https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/company-wide-settings/external-communications
- BejhanJul 23, 2026Copper Contributor
Hi VasilMichev,
The challenge is that using Teams External Access domain restrictions would also restrict our federated Teams chat and meeting scenarios, which we would like to keep open for all external domains.
Our goal is specifically:
- Allow OneDrive and SharePoint sharing with external users from any domain
- Allow Teams external chat and meetings with users from any domain
- Restrict only Microsoft Entra B2B guest accounts that can be added to Teams to a defined list of approved domains
As far as I understand, Teams External Access policies would impact both chat and meeting federation, not just guest access.
Have you seen a way to restrict Entra B2B guests used for Teams guest access while keeping external chat, meetings, and OneDrive/SharePoint sharing open for all domains?
Thanks!