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Presenter Capabilities - how to set up so the Presenter can admit people from Lobby
Hi, it's actually included and you can reach it by going here https://portal.azure.com/ signing in with your free org. admin account. Only the basic/free version though.
And there's no Teams admin center for Teams free and several differences as described here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/differences-between-microsoft-teams-and-microsoft-teams-free-0b69cf39-eb52-49af-b255-60d46fdf8a9c As you'll see there are no user settings or policies included either.
But try inviting this person anyway as described above and see if the behavior differs when being an guest or member in your org. At least then you know for sure.*edit* Logged into my own org. (Teams free) and you can add other external users as guests or members directly from the invite. No need to use Azure AD really. But I like going there anyway.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/welcome-to-microsoft-teams-free-6d79a648-6913-4696-9237-ed13de64ae3c
Looks like this depending on how the user was invited.
*edited as you're using Teams Free* Hi, try adding the external user as a guest user (or member) to your org. so an account is created in your Azure AD and see if it makes any difference. That's the first thing that comes to mind, as you mentioned you've read all about the roles etc. Now bear in mind I haven't encountered this scenario or question before so it's quite possible it cannot be done. But let me know as I got really curious!
ChristianBergstrom thanks for your reply. I haven't got Azure AD downloaded or set up. I am currently using the free version of Teams. Perhaps this is something that we need a paid account to be able to do? Thanks
Hi, it's actually included and you can reach it by going here https://portal.azure.com/ signing in with your free org. admin account. Only the basic/free version though.
And there's no Teams admin center for Teams free and several differences as described here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/differences-between-microsoft-teams-and-microsoft-teams-free-0b69cf39-eb52-49af-b255-60d46fdf8a9c As you'll see there are no user settings or policies included either.
But try inviting this person anyway as described above and see if the behavior differs when being an guest or member in your org. At least then you know for sure.*edit* Logged into my own org. (Teams free) and you can add other external users as guests or members directly from the invite. No need to use Azure AD really. But I like going there anyway.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/welcome-to-microsoft-teams-free-6d79a648-6913-4696-9237-ed13de64ae3c
Looks like this depending on how the user was invited.
ChristianBergstrom Thanks so much for your help, this has worked!
I went on to Azure AD and created a new guest user. (I had previously tried doing this in Teams but hadn't found it had improved the permission struggle).
When creating the new guest user I changed their directory role to allow them to have greater permission using Teams. (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/external-identities/b2b-quickstart-add-guest-users-portal)
I then assigned them to the Teams app.In Teams I then also added them as a user (they came up when I searched).
Now when the guest is in a meeting they have full permission that I would expect of a presenter, so can admit people from the waiting room. Wohoo!
Thanks so much for your help with this. Hopefully this thread will also help others in the future.
- Not sure you have to add all the steps above, but I'm glad it's now working as you wish 🙂 Have a nice weekend and please mark a previous reply as "best response".