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Copper Contributor

Apr 20, 2020

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Teams team member are labeled as guest

Hi, I'm working in a school in The Netherlands. To teach the students remotely during the Corona outbreak we use Teams. The following problem occurs in teams meeting Students from withi...

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LinusCansby
Apr 20, 2020
Hi,

I'm guessing that they are joining via a web browser and selecting to joining with web browser instead of
desktop client. They should click "Launch it now" and join with the desktop client.

Or if they still want to use the web app sign in when joining the meeting.
This is not the kind of guest that you have disabled in admin center, that is for Guests access in a team in Teams. Not for guests (users not signed in) in meetings.

And for the questions about the quiz, if the students sign in you will see their names.

LinusCansby

MVP

Apr 20, 2020

Hi,

I'm guessing that they are joining via a web browser and selecting to joining with web browser instead of

desktop client. They should click "Launch it now" and join with the desktop client.

Or if they still want to use the web app sign in when joining the meeting.

This is not the kind of guest that you have disabled in admin center, that is for Guests access in a team in Teams. Not for guests (users not signed in) in meetings.

And for the questions about the quiz, if the students sign in you will see their names.

OSC37
Copper Contributor
Apr 21, 2020
LinusCansbyThanks, we're going to test it.

After testing this is the problem in Teams. In Forms if the settings are right (only people within my organisation and name checkbox is checked) This isn't possible for Forms.

Thank you for helping.