Policies and Settings22% of the exam
Slack Connect approvals, invitation types and permissions
Which Slack Connect setting answers which client requirement: limiting Slack Connect to chosen workspaces, the two invitation types and what external people can do with each, approval and per-organization auto-approval, who may join other organizations' channels, automation rules, and Slack's recommended security controls.
Explain Slack Connect configuration settings for the client's needs.
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What the exam expects
- Limit Slack Connect channels to specific workspaces of an Enterprise org.
- Choose between the two invitation types from what external people must and must not be able to do.
- Configure approval for Slack Connect invitations, with custom approval or automatic acceptance for trusted organizations.
- Control who in the client's organization can join channels owned by other organizations, and know where invitation automation rules stop.
- Recommend Slack's security controls for external collaboration.
Key terms:
- Slack Connect channel: a channel shared between your organization and external organizations.
- Invitation type: Permission only to post, or Permission to post, invite, and more; it sets external people's rights in your channels.
- Approvals: whether an admin must approve an invitation before the channel connects.
- Connections: the list of external organizations you work with, where per-organization settings live.
- Automation rules: API-based rules applied before invitations are sent.
Key facts
Who configures Slack Connect
- Detail
- Workspace Owners (Pro, Business+); Org Owners and Org Admins (Enterprise)
Limit to specific workspaces
- Detail
- Workspaces with Slack Connect channels, Enterprise orgs only
Invitation types
- Detail
- Permission only to post; Permission to post, invite, and more
Add people or apps
- Detail
- Post, invite, and more only
Archived copy and own retention
- Detail
- Post, invite, and more only
Per-partner exception
- Detail
- Custom approval or acceptance per organization under Connections
Bulk approve, deny or revoke
- Detail
- Up to 25 requests at a time
Joining other orgs' channels
- Detail
- Joining channels outside the organization, with selected members
Automation rules scope
- Detail
- Only invitations for channels your org owns, before sending
Recommended controls
- Detail
- Audit Logs, EKM, blocked file uploads and DLP support
- Why does narrowing External people can invite not stop a partner from adding apps?
- When do automation rules fail to cover an invitation?
- Which setting limits who can be invited into partners' channels?
- Which three admin controls does Slack recommend for safe Slack Connect use?
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