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Guest chat in Teams
Configure guest access in the Teams admin center
Sign in to the Microsoft Teams admin center.
Select Org-wide settings > Guest access.
Set Allow guest access in Microsoft Teams to On.
Under Calling, Meeting, and Messaging, select On or Off for each capability, depending on what you want to allow for guest users.
Smith_JHi I did this and all the pre requisites but is still inconsistent.
With social distancing, we conduct job interviews on Teams. All we want to be able to do is invite a candidate to a Teams meeting via their email, and allow them to chat, send/receive files, etc. Thats it but seems it doesnt quite work.
TEAMS can grant access as a 'GUEST' or 'External Visitor'
Guests must be a team member, and will have greater access (depending on what you have allowed in the admin settings) - so they can view and down load files or chat with others in the TEAM or Team Meeting, when they are 'in your organization's domain'
TEAMS normally recognizes your GUESTS when they join a meeting using a link sent to them as GUESTS
But if they use a 'general link' that is available to 'non-members' - they will not have full access - and may be treated as an EXTERNAL VISITOR to the meeting.
When that happens they can 'change their organization as explained here:-
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/how-do-you-switch-between-organizations-in-teams/4a2a3758-2864-4967-952b-418723dd9841
We have had the same issue - and also found that EXTERNAL VISITORS could not see POWERPOINT LIVE
presentations - but they could see a 'shared desktop'
But remember TEAMS CHAT may be visible to ALL GUEST MEMBERS - so is not suitable for confidential discussions with job applicants.