What are the pros and cons of deleting vs not deleting these guest accounts in Azure AD?

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Hi there What are the pros and cons of deleting vs not deleting these guest accounts in Azure AD? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi @frob ,

You can grant access to external users in SharePoint Online either through directly by adding external user in sharepoint permission level or external sharing.

But either way, the system will automatically create user accounts with the suffix @yourdomain.onmicrosoft.com in M365 admin center for external users.

Whether to delete or clean up these guest accounts is up to you.

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Answer 2

Thank you for asking this question on the Microsoft Q&A Platform.

After you create the guest account you must be sure that they will have access to the SharePoint Site, please review the following documentation Hope this helps!

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