Invite External/Guest Accounts to an SU SharePoint site

Seattle University’s Microsoft 365 environment allows for external (non-SU) accounts to be members of a Seattle University SharePoint site. External accounts are designated as “Guests”, and will have the phrase (Guest) appended to their display name.

Only SharePoint site owners can invite Guests to a Seattle University SharePoint site.

Instructions

Adding a Guest to an SU SharePoint site

1. Access your SharePoint site via portal.office.com.

2. On the SharePoint site that you wish to add a Guest, go to the gear icon at the top right, select Site Permissions → then Add Members → then Add Members to Group → then Add Members once more.

3. Select Go to Outlook

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4. Find the SharePoint site on the right hand side of the page. Then select the add members icon on the top right:

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4. Add the external email address:

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Next, the Guest will receive a welcome email, including instructions for accessing the SU SharePoint site. If the Guest doesn’t see the welcome email please ask them to check their Junk or Spam folder for a Microsoft “no-reply” service account.

First-time guests to an SU SharePoint site will be directed to to configure their account for Microsoft Authentication; this is a Microsoft process that allows the non-SU account to meet our SU site security standards.

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