Slack Connect: Manage channel invitation settings and permissions

Slack Connect allows members of your organization to work with people from external organizations in the same channel. Keep reading to learn more about the types of invitations your organization can send and the permissions they grant to external people working in your channels.

Invitation types and permissions

You can decide what type of invitation your members can send when they’d like to collaborate with external people in your organization’s channels. There are two invitation types you can manage: Permission only to post and Permission to post, invite, and more. The invitation types determine what permissions external people will have in the channels they're invited to.

Note: Once the invitation has been accepted, anyone with permission to send Slack Connect invitations can adjust the existing permissions for the external people.

Permissions by invitation type 

	Permission only to post	Permission to post, invite, and more
Send messages	✓	✓
Use emoji and reactions	✓	✓
Add files	✓	✓
Use workflows	✓	✓
Edit the channel layout	✓	✓
Use their team’s shortcuts	✓	✓
Add other people from organizations already in the channel		✓
Add apps and workflows		✓
Change a channel name, topic, or description*	✓	✓
Convert a channel to public or private*		✓
Add a channel to multiple workspaces in their Enterprise Grid org	✓	✓
See an archived copy of a channel if their organization is removed		✓
Set a retention policy*		✓

*Note: These changes will only apply to the workspace where they were made, and not for other organizations in the channel.

Manage invitation settings and permissions

Pro and Business+ plans

Enterprise Grid plan

1. From the   Home tab, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Workspace settings.
3. Click the Permissions tab.
4. Next to Slack Connect Channels, click Expand.
5. Below Inviting people from outside [your organization], click the toggles off or on. If on, decide who from your organization can send each invitation type.
6. Click Save.

Manage who can send invitations

1. From the   Home tab, click your organization name in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organization settings.
3. Click  Slack Connect in the left sidebar, then select Settings.
4. Select the Channels tab.
5. Next to Sending channel invitations, click Edit.
6. Click the toggles off or on for the invitation types. If on, decide who from your organization can send each invitation type.
7. Click Save Setting.

Manage who external people can invite to channels

Org Owners and Admins can manage who external people can invite to channels if your Slack Connect channel allows for Permission to post, invite, and more.

1. From the   Home tab, click your organization name in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organization settings.
3. Click  Slack Connect in the left sidebar, then select Settings.
4. Select the Channels tab.
5. Next to External people can invite click Edit. 
6. Select who external people can send an invitation to.
7. Click Save.

Manage invitation settings per external organization

1. From the   Home tab, click your organization name in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organization settings.
3. Click  Slack Connect in the left sidebar, then select Connections. 
4. Next to the organization you'd like to customize, click the
    three dots icon and select Channels.
5. Select Customize for [organization name].
6. Choose an option from the drop-down menu, then click Save Change.

Who can use this feature?

• Workspace Owners (Pro and Business+)
  Org Owners and Org Admins (Enterprise Grid)
• Available on paid plans