How do I invite others to join an Office 365 Group?

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After reading this article students, faculty and staff should be able to:

  • Invite other members either within or outside of UConn to an existing Group using any of the following email clients:
    • Office 365 Mail App
    • Outlook 2016 for Windows

Groups are shared workspaces available through Office 365. Each shared workspace has a shared inbox, calendar, document library, OneNote notebook, and planning tool.

 

Office 365 Mail App

Invite people within UConn

  1. Login into Office 365 using your UConn account and open Mail.
  2. On the left navigation pane, select the group you want to invite others to join.
  3. If you don’t see Groups, click the arrow next to Folders to go back to the main navigation pane.
  4. Do one of the following:
  5. On the menu bar, select More group actions  > Invite others.
  6. At the top of the page, select the name of the group, and select More actions  > Invite others.
  7. Do one of the following:
  8. Select Copy to copy a link to the group to your clipboard. Paste the link into a message to share it with others.
  9. Select Email to open a compose window with a link to join the group.
  10. Finish composing the mail and click Send.
  11. Invite people outside UConn
  12. Login into Office 365 using your UConn account and open Mail.
  13. In the navigation pane, under Groups, select your group.
  14. If you don’t see Groups, click the arrow next to Folders to go back to the main navigation pane.
  15. In the group header, select  > Members.
  16. Select Add members.
  17. Enter the email address of the guest. You’ll see a message informing you that the owner must approve the addition of the guest.
  18. Choose Save.

 

Outlook 2016 for Windows

Invite people within UConn

  1. Open Outlook 2016.
  2. Under Groups in the left nav, select your group.
  3. On the Groups ribbon, select Add Members.
  4. In the Add people box, search for people within your organization either by their full name or email address, and then select the names to add.
  5. Click OK.

Invite people outside UConn

  1. Open Outlook 2016.
  2. Under Groups in the left nav, select your group.
  3. On the Groups ribbon, select Add Members.
  4. In the Add people box, enter the email address of the guest and press Enter. Red text reminds you that guests will have access to group content.
  5. Select OK.

 

Keywords: Groups, invite, members, internal, external, Mail App, Office 365, Outlook, Windows

Related Articles: How do I create an Office 365 Group?; How do I join an Office 365 Group

 

 

Last Modified: 7/7/2017