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New external member of security group: user or no user?
We have to add two externals to a security group in AAD. They are not currently users. It appears that I could invite them into the group through AAD, even if they are not users; but to invite them t...
JosephNierenberg Hi, my apologies for the late reply, I've had some time off. I'm not sure I understand you here, if you add (i.e. invite) directly to the security group from AAD you'll send an invite just as if you were adding the guest user from AAD -> Users "New guest user". When going to the M365 admin portal you must have added the guest user beforehand.
I'm pretty sure Vasil was talking about the built-in default permissions for the user type "guest" which can be set here
Restrict guest user access permissions - Azure Active Directory | Microsoft Docs
Users have extended access to resources within your tenant, compared to Guests. Read here for detailed comparison: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/users-default-permissions