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Microsoft Teams owners can invite non-Duke users

As of Feb. 1, 2022, Microsoft Teams owners can invite non-Duke users to join a Teams channel. Everyone at Duke and in the Duke Health system will have access to this new feature.

Below is an overview of the functions and features guests will and will not be able to access.

Guest members can:

Participate in Team chats
Participate in private chats with other team members (not Duke at large)
Access a channel Files tab and add/edit files
Access the channel SharePoint site
Participate in voice and video calls
See full chat history of channels they are a member of

Guest members cannot:

Create new Teams
Contact Duke faculty/staff/students who aren’t members of their team
Add tabs/bots/connectors to a channel
Invite other guests to the channel
Create meetings or access schedules
Become a Team owner

To learn more, go to: https://duke.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=%2Fkb_view.do%3Fsysparm_article%3DKB0035213