Invite people to join your team

Team administrators can use the dashboard to invite people to join a team.

Before you begin

• If you have a paid subscription, make sure you understand how billing works: Essentials edition | Enterprise Essentials edition
• Essentials Starter only: If team members are required to sign in with their Microsoft account, invited users need a Microsoft 365 account to accept your invitation. Learn more about managing single sign-on (SSO) with Microsoft.
• If your team uses Gemini for Google Workspace, only an admin can invite people to join the team. 

Make it easier for others to join your team

This feature is available only with Google Workspace Essentials Starter edition.

As an administrator, you can let people on your team invite others to join.

1. Open Drive and click Team dashboard in the bottom-left corner.

2. On the left, click Permissions.

3. Click one of the following:

• Allow team discovery–whenever someone from your company signs up for Google Workspace Essentials, they'll be able to find your team and be given the option to join. Users signing up for Essentials will begin to see discoverable teams in the coming months. 

• Allow members to invite others to join–anyone on your team can send invitations to others from your domain (such as your-company.com).

Monitor invites and new members

Only people from your domain (such as your-company.com) can join your team. To view any pending invitations and new team members, click People on your Team dashboard.

How users can invite others

Currently, team members can invite people to join only when sharing a file from either Google Drive or a Google Workspace editor, such as Docs, Sheets, and Slides. They'll see an option to invite the collaborator to join Google Workspace. However, additional ways to invite people might be available in a later release.

Send an invitation

1. Open Drive and click Team dashboard in the bottom-left corner.
2. On the left, click People.
3. In the top-right corner, click Invite people.
4. Enter the email address for the person you're inviting.
5. Click Send invitation.

Tell the person you're inviting to check their email. They'll receive an invitation to create a new account and join your team. If you have a paid Essentials subscription, you won't be billed for this person until they complete the sign-up process and join your team.

Cancel an invitation

1. Open Drive and click Team dashboard in the bottom-left corner.
2. On the left, click People and scroll to the person.
3. Click More and select Cancel invite.
4. Click Cancel invitation.