{"id":464,"date":"2019-07-15T17:20:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/nexus\/?p=464"},"modified":"2019-07-15T17:20:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:20:59","slug":"guests-in-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/nexus\/2019\/07\/15\/guests-in-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexus365 Teams: now with guest access"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u00a0are pleased to announce that it is now possible to add\u00a0almost anyone to a Nexus365 team. All that is required is for the individual you wish to add to your team to have a valid email address and a Microsoft account. If they don’t yet have a Microsoft account they will be prompted to create one (free). This Microsoft account will always remain separate from and unrelated to the Nexus service.<\/p>\n

How to add a guest to a Team<\/h2>\n

These are the steps a team owner needs to follow in order to add a guest to their Nexus365 team:<\/p>\n

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  1. From within the Teams app, the owner needs to select ‘Add member’ as shown below.
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    2. In the ‘add members’ dialogue box you can now enter any valid email address – you are no longer limited just to Nexus365 user accounts:<\/p>\n

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    3. Once you’ve added the email address an email is sent immediately to that address to notify the person that they’ve been added to the team. The link will open the Teams web app by default but will also provide a download link to the full Teams client software, if it’s available for their operating system:<\/p>\n

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    4. If they already have an account with Microsoft associated with their email address, they’ll be prompted to log in. If not they will be asked to create an account with Microsoft:<\/p>\n

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    5. The final step before they are granted access to the team is for them to review and accept the access permissions that Nexus will\u00a0request in order to give them access to the team’s content.
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    Team owners can review the status of prospective members by checking the ‘source’ column when looking at their team’s members.<\/p>\n