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Copper Contributor

Sep 10, 2020

Solved

Microsoft Teams - Invite People is missing

The option to 'Invite People' is missing at the bottom left corner of the Teams App on my laptop (above the option 'Join or Create a Team'). When I first downloaded the APP 'Invite People' was avail...

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LinusCansby
Sep 14, 2020
How about if you enter the full E-mail?

Read about adding guests here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-guests-to-a-team-in-teams-fccb4fa6-f864-4508-bdde-256e7384a14f

You might have to add guest access in admin portal first:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/set-up-guests

rancholal

Copper Contributor

Jun 30, 2021

I don't see the option "add as a member". I only see "add as a guest".
Refer to the screenshot attached.
ChristianJBergstrom

ChristianJBergstrom

MVP

Jun 30, 2021

Are you using Teams free? Is it your own Teams free organization and are you the admin? If you're only a guest in that org. but perhaps an owner of a team (?) you will only see "add as guest".

Let me just add to avoid confusion that this can be changed as it's off by default. The creator of the Teams free org. can select that all can invite to the org. It's located in top right corner under "Manage org" only accessible for the creator of the Teams free org.