Hello!I have installed teams app for free.I have created a microsoft account and login to teams app and created meetong room.I cannot login to Teams admin center to activate guest chat so that guest users can see and write messages on chat. How can i login to admin center to enable chat messages for guest? Thanks

HiHenryPhillipsNimbitech . Thank you very much for reply. I think I will tell the Guest users to make an Microsoft account and then I will add them to the team that I will create. Best regards,Catalin S

You just right click a Team or click on the ... Add Member > Type in external users email address

Thank you very much for youre time and response. For this confference I can't acces the paid teams version, we have some strange policy in the institution. But in the future I will tell them that is a must tu buy the paid Teams app. For now for the almost 300 people I have two options: fast one: create meeting, send link meeting thru e-mail (Outlook), Guest connect teams with a Name (without user account in teams), they cannon chat, they can see and hear the presentation, they can use microphone?hard one: create meeting, add guest member by e-mail, send them thru e-mail, guest recive e-mail - create teams account...they can chat and see presentation I think , fast one is solution, is easy for guest ( they don't need to create a teams account), they can join now thru link, only typing the name. Thank you again, you where so kind to answer my question. Best regards,Catalin Staicu

Hi CatalinStaicuAlex , Not being harsh when I say this but you cannot. That is one of the limitations of the Free version over the version that is bundled as part of an M365 plan. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/differences-between-microsoft-teams-and-microsoft-teams-free-0b69cf39-eb52-49af-b255-60d46fdf8a9c However having said that you should be able to interact with Guests. So Chat wise you should be able to type in a user of Teams email address and start chatting, provided there Team Org if not using the Free version permits it.Alternatively you could attempt to add a Guest user by way of adding to a Team and that would kick off more of an invitation process whereby the person you are added should have the option to create a Microsoft account if they do not have one already. Thanks Henry

That should work, but it should be enough to just add them to a Team and it will kick off the invitation process that will cover scenarios where they may not already have a Microsoft account.ThanksHenry

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HenryPhillipsNimbitech
Bronze Contributor
Sep 07, 2020
Hi CatalinStaicuAlex ,

Not being harsh when I say this but you cannot.

That is one of the limitations of the Free version over the version that is bundled as part of an M365 plan.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/differences-between-microsoft-teams-and-microsoft-teams-free-0b69cf39-eb52-49af-b255-60d46fdf8a9c

However having said that you should be able to interact with Guests. So Chat wise you should be able to type in a user of Teams email address and start chatting, provided there Team Org if not using the Free version permits it.

Alternatively you could attempt to add a Guest user by way of adding to a Team and that would kick off more of an invitation process whereby the person you are added should have the option to create a Microsoft account if they do not have one already.

Thanks

Henry
- CatalinStaicuAlex
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 07, 2020
  HiHenryPhillipsNimbitech .
  
  Thank you very much for reply.
  
  I think I will tell the Guest users to make an Microsoft account and then I will add them to the team that I will create.
  
  Best regards,
  Catalin S
  - HenryPhillipsNimbitech
    Bronze Contributor
    Sep 07, 2020
    That should work, but it should be enough to just add them to a Team and it will kick off the invitation process that will cover scenarios where they may not already have a Microsoft account.
    
    Thanks
    
    Henry

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