They Both are different. Let me explain both - Guest User - A Guest user is someone who is invited to join a Microsoft Teams team or channel from outside the organization that owns the Teams environment. Essentially, Guest users are external users who have been granted access to specific teams or channels within the host organization's Microsoft Teams environment. Guest users are mainly part of another Microsoft 365 or Office 365 tenant, and they retain their own organization's identity. External User - An External user is someone who has been invited to access specific files or folders within Microsoft Teams or SharePoint, but they do not have access to the entire Microsoft Teams environment. External users are not part of the host organization or any organization associated with the Microsoft 365 tenant. I hope this answers your query.
We create these groups in the Microsoft 365 admin center, not directly in the Teams admin center. As Soon as you create a Team in Microsoft Teams, It will automatically create a group as well in Microsoft 365 Admin Center. But If you create directly a group in M365 Admin Center, It will not create a Team automatically, If it is required you can create a team based on that group.
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How is a Guest user different than an External User? Or are they both the same, if yes, then why do we have guest access and external access?
They Both are different. Let me explain both -
Guest User -
A Guest user is someone who is invited to join a Microsoft Teams team or channel from outside the organization that owns the Teams environment. Essentially, Guest users are external users who have been granted access to specific teams or channels within the host organization's Microsoft Teams environment.
Guest users are mainly part of another Microsoft 365 or Office 365 tenant, and they retain their own organization's identity.
External User -
An External user is someone who has been invited to access specific files or folders within Microsoft Teams or SharePoint, but they do not have access to the entire Microsoft Teams environment.
External users are not part of the host organization or any organization associated with the Microsoft 365 tenant.
I hope this answers your query.
Where do we create these groups that are shown under "group assignment"? Is the group same as a channel?
We create these groups in the Microsoft 365 admin center, not directly in the Teams admin center.
As Soon as you create a Team in Microsoft Teams, It will automatically create a group as well in Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
But If you create directly a group in M365 Admin Center, It will not create a Team automatically, If it is required you can create a team based on that group.