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Private Teams group receive acceptance invite

jibin chacko 21 Reputation points
2022-10-17T08:33:43.01+00:00

one of our private team group received invite request from a user to join the group.
How is it possible when team group is private and not visible to others in teams.
how was the user able to send the invite request to join the group

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  1. Vasil Michev 119.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-10-17T09:18:50.983+00:00

    A Team/Group being "private" does not make it "undiscoverable". There are various methods that a user can still discover a Group/Team, even if he doesn't know the name/address. For example, they can browse the GAL, and press the "Request to join" button even for a private Team:

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    You can toggle the "hidden from address book" flag to make them less discoverable.

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  1. JimmySalian-2011 42,511 Reputation points
    2022-10-17T08:44:28.65+00:00

    Hi,

    Do you have auditing turned on for Teams? If yes you can look for events for that specific scenario check the steps and process to audit the Teams events - audit-log-events

    Hope this helps.
    JS

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  2. SokiGuo-MSFT 31,536 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2022-10-18T08:01:55.617+00:00

    Hi @jibin chacko

    Is the private team the only user alone? Private team means that the user needs permission to join. Only team owners can add other users as members. Team members can invite other users to

    join, but the request must first be approved by the team owner. This is by design.

    Teams were searchable only within Outlook Online and not from Teams Interface. You could hide your email address as follows.

    You may go to Teams & Groups > Active teams and groups > Click on the private team > Uncheck 'Don't show team email address in Outlook".

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