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bart_vermeersch
Steel Contributor
Mar 10, 2017

New invite UI does not support inviting guests (bug?)

A new UI appereared to invite group members from within the group site, but it doesn't support inviting guests allthough it is enabled (on our tenant).   The UI in Outlook online does support this ...
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bart_vermeersch
Steel Contributor
Mar 10, 2017

Hello Salvatore,

 

I'm also unable to add guests form Outlook 2016.

 

According to the info in https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-and-remove-group-members-in-Outlook-3b650f4a-5c9b-4f94-a1bb-0cca4b1091de?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

there should appear red text explaining you are adding guests, but I only get:

"No suggestions found, but feel free to enter any address."

 

But I can't OK when filling in a guest email address.

 

 

I'm getting tired with bug tracking in O365 :-(

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Sahil Arora
Former Employee
Mar 10, 2017

Hi Bart, For Outlook Desktop the feature is currently in Insiders Preview; Although it looks like you are on Insiders preview, hence to add guest you need to hit enter after typing the email address. If this step was not obvious to you; I take this as a feedback & will improve our experience.

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    bart_vermeersch
    Steel Contributor
    Mar 11, 2017

    Thanks Sahil, fyi hitting ENTER didn't work. The dialog just briefly flickers. However I'm not using Insiders preview, just first release current channel (7760.2060).

     

    I guess documentation is running ahead? It may be a good idea to start incorporating info on minimal version to documentation.

  • Salvatore Biscari's avatar
    Salvatore Biscari
    Silver Contributor
    Mar 10, 2017

    Sahil Arora

    Thanks Sahil.

    And what about the UI in the Group team site? (first post in this thread)

    • Sahil Arora's avatar
      Sahil Arora
      Former Employee
      Mar 10, 2017

      Hi Salvatore, Guest Access in Group Team site is on the road-map, currently you can add guest as Group member through OWA or OLK Desktop(Insider's preview)

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