Although still dependent on Office 365

Two days ago we discussed how the possibility of launching a free version of Microsoft Teams that was not linked to an Office 365 account was being considered. A step ahead of Microsoft to try to attract more users to its platform, some of which may currently be using well-known applications such as Slack.

The truth is that this possibility points to a more or less near future but while it arrives or not, we continue talking about Microsoft Teams and we do so referring to another novelty. This is the option that the application for Microsoft work environments now has that allows guest access to it without having to belong to a particular team.

This is an improvement that is now available for use by all users, as we remind you that initially only was a valid option for those with Azure Active Directory accounts.

Now any user can try this function that gives a guest access to a team's work even if he is not a member of the team In this way It forms a person outside the work environment who, due to specific circumstances, requires specific access, can obtain it without implying that they have to be part of a team.

To do this, some of the members that make up the team in question must make and formalize the invitation through the same application To do so You should look in the options bar for the one titled “add members”. The corresponding data of the person you want to invite is added so that they receive the email that invites them to access.The only requirement is to have a Microsoft account (Outlook or Hotmail for those who comb gray hair) and if you do not have one, you are invited to create one.

Once you have entered, you can participate as another member of the team so that it is not necessary that you have to be part of it to access group work being done within Microsoft Teams.

We remember that guest access to Microsoft Teams environments was announced in September and it is now when it finally reaches all users generally .

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