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Taen keren
Steel Contributor
May 15, 2019

Guest user with Global admin role

Hi    I was, a while ago, told by an MVP that the "correct" way for granting External Consultants access to O365 - was to create them as 'Guest users' (and using their private/corporate email) and ...
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  • VasilMichev's avatar
    VasilMichev
    May 16, 2019

    I'm with Juan here. While you can technically add admin roles to guest users or even create mailboxes for them, I've never seen a statement from Microsoft that this is supported. In fact, the only place I've seen Guest admin access work is the (old) Office 365 Admin Center.

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VasilMichev
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I'm with Juan here. While you can technically add admin roles to guest users or even create mailboxes for them, I've never seen a statement from Microsoft that this is supported. In fact, the only place I've seen Guest admin access work is the (old) Office 365 Admin Center.

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Taen keren
Steel Contributor
May 16, 2019

VasilMichev  - thx - I'll have another (serious) "Chat" with the MVP that recommended this way... 

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    Devryk
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 21, 2020

    Taen keren Hi!, what did you do at the end?, could you give the guest user the global admin role and that user could have access to the admin center?

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