Cross-Account access
A Space can be shared with another Account through a collaboration; members of that Account then read, or read and post, in its channels.
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A Space belongs to one Account, but it can be opened to another Account through a collaboration. People reached that way are not Space members; their access comes from the collaboration and can be withdrawn without touching the Space.
What an administrator sets
Space administration shows Shared with collaborations: Members of the Accounts in these collaborations can read this Space's channels, or read and post, once collaboration access is on. Each collaboration in the list is tagged Read only or Read and post.
One switch, Collaboration access, decides whether any of it takes effect: Off keeps every grant inert; on lets the listed collaborations in. Only a Space administrator who may edit the Space profile can move it; everybody else sees Only Space administrators can change collaboration access.
The collaborations themselves are not created in Spaces. If the list is empty you see This Space is not shared with any collaboration. Account administrators share Spaces in Space administration.
What it looks like from the other Account
A channel reached through a collaboration appears in your navigation column with the rest. Its header carries one extra line, Shared by {{accountName}}, naming the Account that owns the Space. There is no other marking.
What you can do there depends on the collaboration's tag. With Read and post you take part normally. With Read only you can read, search, see who is typing, and follow threads, but a send is refused and the channel shows This account is not authorized to send in the selected channel.
You hold no Space administration in a Space you reach this way, so Space settings does not appear.
When access disappears
Access through a collaboration ends the moment any part of the chain stops holding: the switch is turned off, the grant is revoked or expires, or your Account's place in the collaboration ends. The channel then leaves your navigation column without a message. Ask the owning Account's administrator whether the collaboration is still active.
Related
Related pages
- Space members and roles — Space administration grants four separate things; channel roles are stored per channel; Space roles are name tags that grant nothing.
- You cannot see a Space — A Space you expect is missing because you are not a member, it is invite only, your Account lost Spaces access, or a collaboration ended.
- You cannot post in a channel — The composer is locked because the channel is an announcement channel, it is archived, your access is read only, or a send failed.