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Account types of an organization

In an organization, there are three account types: Admins, Members, and Guests. Each type has different permissions, determining their access to teams and shared resources.

Admin

Organization admins are individuals with elevated permissions who oversee the entire organization. They are responsible for managing teams, members, resources, activities, billing, and security settings to ensure the organization runs smoothly and securely.

Admins can use the following links to learn more about managing the organization:

Members

Members are individuals whose email domain matches the organization domain.

For example, Motiff has set up the domains Motiff.com and dev.Motiff.com. Anyone joining the organization with a Motiff email (e.g. name@Motiff.com or name@dev.Motiff.com) is considered a member.

Members have access to teams, libraries, and other shared resources within the organization.

Members can do the following things in an organization:

  • Access their invited teams, projects, or files.
  • View all teams with full access and those requiring access requests.
  • Join or apply to join teams in the organization.
  • Create new teams in the organization.
  • Become a team admin in the organization.
  • Become an organization admin.
  • Use organization libraries.
  • Invite other members and guests to access teams, projects, or files: when guest access is allowed).
  • Access files via shared link: When the file is set to Anyone with the link or Members in the organization with the link

Tips: Members can be added to the organization in several ways.

  • By invitation at the organization management level.
  • By being invited to specific teams, projects, or files.

Guests

Guests are individuals whose email domain does not match the organization domain in Motiff. They are usually external users, such as contractors, agencies, clients, or external collaborators.

For instance, Motiff has set up the domain Motiff.com. They collaborate with other organizations and invite employees from those organizations to join specific teams within the organization. These collaborators do not have a Motiff.com email, so they are considered guests.

Guests have limited access to the organization. They cannot access any teams or resources beyond those they are invited to.

Guests can do the following things in an organization:

  • Access their invited teams, projects, or files.
  • Invite other members and guests to access teams, projects, or files: when guest access is allowed.
  • Access files via shared link: When the file is set to Anyone with the link.
  • Use organization libraries: If invited to the source file.

Note: Guests cannot become members and cannot manually change their status in the organization. They must have an email that matches the organization domain to become members.