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MC255536 – Group chat with external users in Teams GA (archived)

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check before: 2021-05-25

Product:

Azure Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365 admin center, Teams

Platform:

Android, iOS, mobile, Online, US Instances, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant

Status:

Launched

Change type:

Feature update, User impact

Links:

51126

Details:

This new external group chat feature enables your users to initiate and participate in group Teams chats with users from outside your organization, AAD identity required. Expanding on the existing ability for Teams users to find, participate in 1:1 chat, call and set up meetings with external users, external group chat in Teams supports up to 250 participants across multiple organizations in a single chat. This is rolling out on Teams desktop, web and mobile.
External group chat is part of Microsoft Teams Connect. Azure Active Directory (AAD) is required. The organizations are required to use the open federation policy or be on each other’s allow list.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 51126
[When this will happen]
We will begin rolling this out in mid-May and expect to complete rollout late July.

Change Category:
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Scope:
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Release Phase:
General Availability

Created:
2021-05-11

updated:
2021-07-08

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