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owner is unable to invite guests
We have the problem here that a (normal) user is unable to invite guests to his group and can only invite people from our AD. If I sign into this group (me being a tenant admin) and make myself an owner of the group, all invites work as expected, meaning guest access seems to be turned on in general, but not for people not being a tenant admin. Also the error is a bit misleading implieng that it should work but not right now. But If I do this as admin a second later it works, so I doubt it is really a temporary problem. Sorry, but I only have a german error message.
Are there any powershell magic I have todo maybe in order to allow normal users to make guest invites, even though they are owner?
Hi Markus, It looks like invitiations are disabled for your tenant. To check invitations; go to O365 Admin Portal -> Settings(in left nav) -> Security & Privacy; Under sharing you would see "Allow adding of new guests to my organization" make sure that it is tuned ON.
Link to documentation: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Guest-access-to-Office-365-groups-Admin-Help-7c713d74-a144-4eab-92e7-d50df526ff96?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Let me know if this doesnt work.
Thanks,
Sahil
- That's what I thought as well and as I am able to put guests into groups I would assume that it is enabled (and yes, its already working with people I invited). Any idea where I could check, or should I just open a support case with Microsoft?
Sahil AroraMicrosoft
Hi Markus, It looks like invitiations are disabled for your tenant. To check invitations; go to O365 Admin Portal -> Settings(in left nav) -> Security & Privacy; Under sharing you would see "Allow adding of new guests to my organization" make sure that it is tuned ON.
Link to documentation: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Guest-access-to-Office-365-groups-Admin-Help-7c713d74-a144-4eab-92e7-d50df526ff96?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Let me know if this doesnt work.
Thanks,
Sahil
Just a headsup for people coming by this thread later. Microsoft moved the settings over the weekend it seems. You can now find it under Settings -> Services & add-ins -> Office 365 Groups and it is called "Let group owners add people outside the organization to groups".
- If external guests to groups is enabled, you are done so it seems there is something wrong in your tenant with that particular user
