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Flow approvals by external (non-domain) users

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I've been asked to create a flow that will allow external users to perform approvals. Is this even possible with flow, and if so, how would one go about setting that up?

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  • RobElliott Profile Picture
    10,391 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @dkong, as far as I know there is no way to do this. If the assigned to email address is outside the organization you will get the error message shown in the image below.

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    RezaDorrani Profile Picture
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    Hi @dkong,

     

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/April19/microsoft-flow/support-...

     

    It only works for external users (not guest users)

     

    External users are users invited to your AD

    I just tested this feature out and it works fine in my tenant

     

     

    Regards,

    Reza Dorrani

     

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  • dkong Profile Picture
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    Thanks Reza. This makes sense, and good to know that it works.

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