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Maximum number of guests
I’m confused about the maximum number of guests I can invite to a team. Some people are saying it’s the same as members - 5,000. Then I’m being told it’s controlled by Azure and you can only have 5...
The guest limitations have been a bit confusing but if you read the details of the licensing post from Adam, specifically this:
“Calculating guest user licenses
Once you determine how many guest users need to access your paid Azure AD services, make sure you have enough Azure AD paid licenses to cover guest users in the required 1:5 ratio.“
The 1:5 ratio applies to guests that will be using PAID AAD services. So the answer is “it depends”. For example, if you require guests to do MFA (a paid feature) then 1:5 would apply.
“Calculating guest user licenses
Once you determine how many guest users need to access your paid Azure AD services, make sure you have enough Azure AD paid licenses to cover guest users in the required 1:5 ratio.“
The 1:5 ratio applies to guests that will be using PAID AAD services. So the answer is “it depends”. For example, if you require guests to do MFA (a paid feature) then 1:5 would apply.
JeremyMiller
Hey,
I am trying to figure this out. What are considered paid features? Can I add 500 guests to Teams on our business account when we only have 15 employees? I only want them to be able to chat and share files. Some people are saying the 1:5 ratio doesn't apply and I can add 2500 per team, others are saying it does apply and I would only be able to add 75 people. Are you able to provide insight into this?
Thanks,- patrickmgl
If we put ratio question aside, this may help on the financial side... For now.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-exploratory
