User Lifecycle Management13% of the exam
External people: guests versus Slack Connect
When to bring an outsider in as a guest and when to use Slack Connect, who provisions and pays for each, how invitation types set an external person's access, how to cut off one external person with the External people dashboard, and how to end a guest's access on a set date.
Identify and assign the appropriate access level for users provisioned using Slack Connect or Guest accounts.
~7 min read · 5 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Choose between a guest account and Slack Connect from who the outsider is, whether their company uses Slack, and how many people are involved.
- Explain who provisions, authenticates, pays for and keeps records of each kind of external account.
- Pick the Slack Connect invitation type that gives external people the access a policy allows.
- Cut off one external person completely with the External people dashboard.
- End a guest's access automatically on a known date.
Key terms:
- Guest: an account in your workspace or org with limited channel access (Multi-Channel or Single-Channel, defined in Account types: members and guest roles).
- Slack Connect: channels and DMs shared between separate organizations, each working from its own Slack.
- External person: someone from another organization in your Slack Connect conversations, managed by their own organization.
- Invitation type: Permission only to post, or Permission to post, invite, and more.
- Disconnect: removing an external person from every Slack Connect conversation your organization hosts.
Key facts
Guests need a paid plan
- Detail
- Guests are only available on Slack's paid plans
Partner already on Slack
- Detail
- Use Slack Connect instead of guest accounts
Slack Connect accounts
- Detail
- Provisioned, authenticated and governed (session, MFA) by the external organization
Records after the relationship ends
- Detail
- Guests: only the host keeps content; Slack Connect: each company can keep a record
Slack Connect cost
- Detail
- Channels and DMs shared externally at no cost
Permission only to post
- Detail
- Messages, files, workflows; no adding people, apps or workflows
Remove from channels
- Detail
- Does not revoke DMs or other connected channels
Disconnect an external person
- Detail
- Removes them from channels and DMs your organization hosts
Guest deactivation date
- Detail
- Time limit or custom date; reminder five days before; can be extended
- Why is Slack Connect the better choice for a vendor whose employees already use Slack?
- When does removing an external person from all your channels leave them able to reach your employees?
- Which invitation type lets external people post and add files but not add people or apps?
- Who gets a reminder before a guest's custom deactivation date?
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