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Todd Schultz
Oct 17, 2018Copper Contributor
Generic authorization exception inviting Azure AD gests
Recently I have been unable to invite guests to my Azure AD. This had been working great for over a year but now I get the error "Generic authorization exception" when trying from Powershell or the ...
- Oct 18, 2018
Hi Todd,
To my understanding "Generic Authorization error" means you don`t have the permission to invite.
I believe you are the Global Admin.
change the User settings option in the Azure AD Portal.
User settings=>External collaboration settings
Admins and users in Guest user role can invite.
toggle this to yes.
Mark like if it helps you. :)
M A
Oct 18, 2018Copper Contributor
Hi Todd,
To my understanding "Generic Authorization error" means you don`t have the permission to invite.
I believe you are the Global Admin.
change the User settings option in the Azure AD Portal.
User settings=>External collaboration settings
Admins and users in Guest user role can invite.
toggle this to yes.
Mark like if it helps you. :)
- Todd SchultzOct 18, 2018Copper ContributorWhat you suggested worked so thanks. All I can figure is that Azure must have made a recent change in user invitation authorization because this was working for over a year as it was until maybe last week (i.e., the global administrator didn't need this authorization); I may have missed an Azure change notice or perhaps I mistakenly flipped this switch off somehow.
- M AOct 18, 2018Copper Contributor
yes, That should be the reason