Using Office 365 admin >> i created a new Microsoft Teams >> as follow:- >> new sharepoint site has been created >> then using the office 365 admin >> i access the Visitors group >> i added a user to the Visitors group as follow>> now i thought that the user can view the Team inside his Teams desktop application >> but this did not happen >> i asked the user to logout/login to Team desktop app, but still the Team did not show under "Your teams" section, as follow:- also the user click on "create or join a Team" as follow>> but the newly added Team where the user is defined as a visitor did not show up. so can anyone adivce on this please? how we can force the newly added MS Team to show inside the Teams desktop application for the visitor user?

john johnyou added them to a SharePoint group, which is not the same thing as an Office Group (which is what Teams uses). Add them as a Guest in Teams and you will be all set. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/guest-capabilities-in-teams-d03fdf5b-1a6e-48e4-8e07-b13e1350ec7b

Ok! The user needs to be a member of that group in order for it to show up! The visitor group is no longer supported to use and will probably remove itself from the group eventually! If you need other permissions to files you can add other sharepoint groups to that site or change the members permissions to read ( not recommended and will affect all users in the group ) add the person as member directly from teams! You can add the person in the group from others places but it will not sync to teams directly! It’s can take some time!

Is this an internal user or someone outside the org?

adam deltinger wrote:Is this an internal user or someone outside the org?adam deltinger thanks for the reply the user is internal user

Dean_Gross wrote:john johnyou added them to a SharePoint group, which is not the same thing as an Office Group (which is what Teams uses). Add them as a Guest in Teams and you will be all set. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/guest-capabilities-in-teams-d03fdf5b-1a6e-48e4-8e07-b13e1350ec7b Dean_Gross Ok thanks for the reply. so the user need to be a guest or a member inside the MS Team so they can see the Team inside desktop app? so even if i granted them to be the site owner (by adding them to the Owner sharepoint group), they can not view the Teams inside their desktop app?

Add a user to the Team's sharepoint site's Visitor group, did not show the Team inside desktop app

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adam deltinger
MVP
Jun 19, 2019
Ok! The user needs to be a member of that group in order for it to show up! The visitor group is no longer supported to use and will probably remove itself from the group eventually! If you need other permissions to files you can add other sharepoint groups to that site or change the members permissions to read ( not recommended and will affect all users in the group ) add the person as member directly from teams! You can add the person in the group from others places but it will not sync to teams directly! It’s can take some time!
- john john
  Steel Contributor
  Jun 19, 2019
  
  adam deltinger wrote:
  Ok! The user needs to be a member of that group in order for it to show up! The visitor group is no longer supported to use and will probably remove itself from the group eventually! If you need other permissions to files you can add other sharepoint groups to that site or change the members permissions to read ( not recommended and will affect all users in the group ) add the person as member directly from teams! You can add the person in the group from others places but it will not sync to teams directly! It’s can take some time!
  adam deltinger
  ok thanks for the reply. when you said the user need to be a member , you mean member inside the sharepoint group or member inside the office 365 group? or does not matter?
  - adam deltinger
    MVP
    Jun 19, 2019
    Teams only cares about the office 365 group regarding membership
- adam deltinger
  MVP
  Jun 19, 2019
  Is this an internal user or someone outside the org?
  - john john
    Steel Contributor
    Jun 19, 2019
    
    adam deltinger wrote:
    Is this an internal user or someone outside the org?
    adam deltinger
    
    thanks for the reply the user is internal user
Dean_Gross
Silver Contributor
Jun 19, 2019
john johnyou added them to a SharePoint group, which is not the same thing as an Office Group (which is what Teams uses). Add them as a Guest in Teams and you will be all set. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/guest-capabilities-in-teams-d03fdf5b-1a6e-48e4-8e07-b13e1350ec7b
- john john
  Steel Contributor
  Jun 19, 2019
  
  Dean_Gross wrote:
  john johnyou added them to a SharePoint group, which is not the same thing as an Office Group (which is what Teams uses). Add them as a Guest in Teams and you will be all set. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/guest-capabilities-in-teams-d03fdf5b-1a6e-48e4-8e07-b13e1350ec7b
  
  Dean_Gross
  Ok thanks for the reply. so the user need to be a guest or a member inside the MS Team so they can see the Team inside desktop app? so even if i granted them to be the site owner (by adding them to the Owner sharepoint group), they can not view the Teams inside their desktop app?
  - adam deltinger
    MVP
    Jun 19, 2019
    Correct! They need to be a member of that office 365 group either by adding them there, via admin portal or teams admin portal or just simply add them from the Team itself! The last is recommended

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Add a user to the Team's sharepoint site's Visitor group, did not show the Team inside desktop app