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Transfer ownership of a Team to a guest/external member

lcschroten 6 Reputation points
2020-07-02T11:29:31.887+00:00

I'd like to start a team with external organisations. If I set up a Team the external members of my team will become guests. To make this Team sustainable, I'd like to know if my ownership will be transferable to a guest. I know it is possible to transfer ownership to members of the same organisation, but in this case all members will be from external organisations.

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  1. Leon Laude 86,026 Reputation points
    2020-07-02T15:48:27.69+00:00

    Hi,

    As far as I know it's not possible to give/change ownership to person outside the organisation, you can view what's possible here:

    Team owner, member, and guest capabilities in Teams
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/team-owner-member-and-guest-capabilities-in-teams-d03fdf5b-1a6e-48e4-8e07-b13e1350ec7b

    Best regards,
    Leon

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  2. Sharon Zhao-MSFT 25,761 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2020-07-03T02:00:14.867+00:00

    Hi lcschroten-4389,

    Agree with Leon, guest cannot have the ownership of a team.

    You can refer to the following table, which compares the Teams functionality available for an organization’s team members and its guests.

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