Google Workspace guest accounts put outside collaborators under admin control
The feature, generally available since March 30th, gives clients and contractors limited access to Chat, Drive files and Meet calls.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Google Workspace on X
Why it matters
Google is turning external collaboration into a managed identity layer, strengthening Workspace against Slack and Microsoft 365 without giving guests full paid seats.
Google Workspace used an August 4th post on X to promote guest accounts, a feature that brings clients, contractors and other people without Workspace accounts into an organization's Google Chat environment under administrator-controlled identities.…
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