Guest access in Microsoft Teams offers a secure way to collaborate with external partners, clients, and other individuals outside your organization. PowerShell provides granular control over these guest access settings, empowering administrators to tailor permissions efficiently.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of Microsoft Teams administration
Familiarity with PowerShell scripting
Access to Microsoft Teams admin center
Finding Your Team ID
There are a few ways to get the Team ID in Microsoft Teams:
Through the Teams Admin Center:
Navigate to the Teams admin center.
Click Teams -> Manage Teams.
Find the team you’re interested in and copy the corresponding ID.
Modify the AllowCreateUpdateChannels and AllowDeleteChannels parameters to $true or $false as needed.
Explore other parameters within the Set-Team cmdlet to manage additional guest permissions.
Real-World Scenarios
Project-Specific Collaboration: Enable guest access on teams dedicated to projects involving external partners, and disable it once the project concludes.
Security & Compliance: Restrict guest permissions to specific actions (e.g., prevent channel creation/deletion) to maintain control and align with your organization’s security policies.
Important Considerations
Organization-wide guest access settings must be enabled for team-level controls to work.
Carefully consider the balance between collaboration and security when configuring guest permissions.
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