External access and guest access to Microsoft Teams
External access in Microsoft Teams can be achieved in two ways. If the scope is limited only to chats and calls, then external access should be okay to allow. However, if users want to have complete collaboration capabilities to give access to channels and files in channels, then Azure AD guest access is the right choice. The following table helps you to better understand how to choose between guest and external access.
Note
It is highly recommended to go through the following table as when we are elevating privileges to a third-party member outside the organization, wrong access would cause data leakage, which can cause disaster for an organization.
Privileges for internal users:
Privileges for external users:
The following are the limitations for the previously mentioned features of guest and external access:
- The user must have been been added as a guest and...
