How Do I Add People Outside of PATH to an O365 Group?
If you need to have outside people join your Group, it is probably time to transition your group to a Microsoft Team. For detailed instructions to create a Team from an existing group, please review this Microsoft article, Create a team from an existing group. Once your Team is set up, you can review the Microsoft article, How a guest joins a team for information about how you can add your external collaborator to your team. If, however, you need to continue using a stand-alone O365 Group instead of a Team, please review the following steps to add external people as guests to the group. They will have limited access to the group, but will receive message sent to the group and can reply to messages sent to the group.
Step-by-step guide
- Open or create your O365 group, as shown in this how-to: How Do I Create an O365 Group in Outlook Web App?
- Go to the members area of the group to manage the group members.
- Select Add Members and enter the email address of the guest you'd like to add.
4. The external person will receive an email letting them know they've been added to the O365 group and will have limited access to the group. They will receive all emails sent to the group and can respond to any messages.
Group members can opt to leave a group at any time, or they can be removed by a group owner.