“Can we just add our accountant as a guest?”
Guests in Teams, external links on a file, and shared mailboxes used for outside collaboration are everyday requests once the person, the resource, and the reason are named clearly.
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Where the lane changes
A named person, a stated business reason, and an identifiable requester make this a routine access change.
Checking whether an existing link is active, or issuing a new one to the same recipient, stays within everyday support.
Deciding whether external sharing is on or off by default, and for whom, is an information-governance decision.
Automatic guest expiry, review cycles, and compliance rules belong to a tenant-wide policy programme.
Common questions
Adding a specific, named guest for a stated business reason is routine. It should still be requestable back to a person on your team, not an anonymous or automatic invite.
Day-to-day guest and link requests are desk work. The organization-wide default for external sharing and guest lifecycle is a governance decision made by your tenant owner.
Confirm the link hasn’t expired and that the intended recipient matches who it was shared with—most reports resolve at that point.
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