Forum Discussion
'Invite to Join' feature launched to invite and add members to Office 365 Groups
Hello, is this feature general available to all users already?
As a first release user, this feature is available to me via Outlook Online (not yet Outlook desktop).
But we have a service desk call from one of our users: When he as an owner of a private group, receives and opens a request to join, he lands on the members overview page without seeing any invites to approve.
Bart
Bart,
Yes the 'Invite to Join' feature is available to all users since earlier this year. The feature is avaible only in Outlook Web now. We are working on building the functionality in Outlook Desktop.
Regarding the sceanrio you have mentioned below, this feature is to invite non-members to a group. Members invited can click this link and the join request will be sent to owners in case of private group. I am not sure why an existing member/owner is clicking on the invite link? Can you pls clarify?
Owners can approve the member using the join emails he receives when non-members click on this link to join.
The scenario is as follows:
A member (not owner) of a private group wants to add a new member.
She clicks Add member (in Outlook Online). It's a private group and she is not the owner, so a message is sent to the owner for approval.
The owner sees the message in Outlook Online and clicks on the call to action.
I want to double check first with my end users what he sees after clicking that all to action (he claims the members overview pages of the group opens which is the behaviour in Outlook).
But on a side note, the title of the pane I get to see is a bit strange: "Add colleagues, Office 365 groups or distribution lists." Shouldn't that be "Add colleagues to Office 365 groups or distribution lists."?