Create a guest account in Teams

RCPCH staff will invite external people to join different RCPCH Teams as guests. You will receive an email invite to join an RCPCH team. Emails may also be sent to Spam so be sure to also check your spam folder as well.

• Click on the Open in Microsoft Teams link, as shown below and; 

• EITHER create a Microsoft account, as shown in the screenshots below. This is for when you join with your personal email address (Gmail, Yahoo etc). If you join using a work address, then scroll to the bottom of the page for instructions for how to join with an Office 365 or Azure existing account.

• Go into your email account and copy the code you were sent and then paste it into the Verify email field, as shown in Figure 5 and then click on Next  

• Enter the CAPTCHA characters shown and then click Next again 

• Review permissions and Accept
• Once registration is complete, the Guest will be prompted to either download the Microsoft Teams desktop app, or join the web app instead,
• The Guest user should now be able to participate in the team and channel that they are part of, receive and respond to messages, access files, join meetings collaborate on meetings

OR login with their existing Azure Active Directory or Office 365 account:

• Click on Open Microsoft Teams from the invite email
• Select the relevant option to open Microsoft Teams, which should take the Guest straight to the team that they were invited to

You can find a video with instructions for how to create your account here.