SharePoint (2003 thru Online): 2021

Monday, August 16, 2021

New Guest user - Create user vs Invite user

To Create Guest User, login into https://portal.azure.com/
Go to Azure Active Directory > All users (Preview)


On the top, click on '+ New guest user' (shows the below screens)


Selecting Create user option will create Guest user with your domain name.
Please enter Username and Name (Mandatory Fields). You can enter other optional fields in needed.

  • Selected 'Let me create the password' to follow our organizational password standards.
  • You can select Groups, if you already know.
  • You can also Select Roles, default is User. (if needed. For Ex: When working with External Security Admin, provide Security Reader role)
  • Selecting Usage Location might help with Geolocation Conditional access policies in place. 
  • Job Info is optional, but will help to filter, incase multiple users from same company.
  • Manager is also optional. But selecting might help to identify the related Internal User/Requestor.(Incase of our Company vendors/customers, we select the person who requested to create this Guest user.) 
Once Completed, you can see the message in the Notifications area.
You can go back to the User Profile, edit, add thumbnail image, Employee ID and Email...etc., if needed.

Please send the login credentials to Guest user.
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To Invite Guest User, login into https://portal.azure.com/
Go to Azure Active Directory > All users (Preview)


On the top, click on '+ New guest user' (shows the below screens)

Please enter Email address (Mandatory Fields). You can enter other optional fields in needed.
Selecting Invite user option will create Guest user with given email address.
You can add Personal message if needed.

  • You can select Groups, if you already know.
  • You can also Select Roles, default is User. (if needed. For Ex: When working with External Security Admin, provide Security Reader role)
  • Selecting Usage Location might help with Geolocation Conditional access policies in place. 
  • Job Info is optional, but will help to filter, incase multiple users from same company.
  • Manager is also optional. But selecting might help to identify the related Internal User/Requestor.(Incase of our Company vendors/customers, we select the person who requested to create this Guest user.) 
Click on  Invite   will send Invitation to the email address entered above.

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Invited Guest user completing Invitation.