# Get team invite link option not available

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/get-team-invite-link-option-not-available/5641>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 30, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/get-team-invite-link-option-not-available/5641 "2018-08-30T01:58:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![udayathreya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/udayathreya/32/807_2.png) [@udayathreya](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/udayathreya)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/get-team-invite-link-option-not-available/5641/1 "2018-08-30T01:58:00Z")

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#### Summary

Get team invite link option not available when Enable Account creation is set to false

#### Steps to reproduce

In system console I set Enable Account creation to false. My login method is via SAML.  
In team navigation menu i do not see the Get team invite link.

#### Expected behavior

Show the Get team invite link option in navigation menu

#### Observed behavior

In system console I set Enable Account creation to false. My login method is via SAML.  
In team navigation menu i do not see the Get team invite link.

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**Author:** ![amy.blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/amy.blais/32/7481_2.png) [@amy.blais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/amy.blais)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/get-team-invite-link-option-not-available/5641/2 "2018-08-30T14:01:30Z")

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Hi @udayathreya, thank you for reaching out.

I believe this is expected - the Get Team Invite link is used for account creation, so if you have Enable Account Creation set to false, then Get Team Invite link is disabled. Does this help?

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**Author:** ![udayathreya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/udayathreya/32/807_2.png) [@udayathreya](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/udayathreya)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/get-team-invite-link-option-not-available/5641/3 "2018-08-31T04:04:17Z")

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Hi Amy,  
How do i invite other users to my team invite if account creation is disabled?

Regards,  
Uday

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**Author:** ![amy.blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/amy.blais/32/7481_2.png) [@amy.blais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/amy.blais)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/get-team-invite-link-option-not-available/5641/4 "2018-08-31T13:43:05Z")

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Hi @udayathreya!

You can invite existing users to your team by using the “Add Members to Team” link in the Main Menu. Let me know if this helps?

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**Author:** ![udayathreya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/udayathreya/32/807_2.png) [@udayathreya](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/udayathreya)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/get-team-invite-link-option-not-available/5641/5 "2018-08-31T15:26:20Z")

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Our users prefer a team invite link which they can mail out to any users they need to join. Also it is tedious to add individual email and invite users in mattermost

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**Author:** ![amy.blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/amy.blais/32/7481_2.png) [@amy.blais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/amy.blais)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/get-team-invite-link-option-not-available/5641/6 "2018-08-31T18:09:37Z")

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@udayathreya

For public teams, there are these options:

1. You could share (via email or in a channel) a link to any channel in a team where you want to add people to, and they will be automatically joined to the team when they click the link.
2. On the left-hand side people can click the “+” sign to easily join any open teams.

For private teams, I don’t think there is currently a way to invite people except manually.

Other than this, I don’t think we currently have a way to send a team invite email - would you like to help open a Feature Request for this and upvote it: [https://mattermost.uservoice.com/forums/306457-general](https://mattermost.uservoice.com/forums/306457-general)?
