Use Slack Connect with free teams
On Enterprise Grid, you can use Slack Connect with free teams to make working with people outside your company more seamless. When this setting is enabled, teams on a free plan can join channels they’re invited to in your org without having to upgrade or start a free trial.
Manage connections with free teams
By default, the setting to use Slack Connect with free teams is disabled, but Org Owners and Org Admins can manage this from the admin dashboard. If enabled, this setting will only affect future invitations sent from your organization.
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Organization settings.
- Click Slack Connect in the left sidebar, then select Settings.
- Next to Use Slack Connect with free teams, click Edit.
- Check the box next to Enable, then click Save Setting.
What to expect for free teams
Below is what free teams can expect when working with your company in Slack Connect channels:
- Messages won’t count toward the message visibility limit.
- Uploaded files will count toward the file storage limit. All files will be accessible in a Slack Connect channel, even if the storage limit is reached.
- Channel members can start and join huddles, record audio and video clips, add and use apps, and use published workflows (but cannot create their own).
- People from free teams can join Slack Connect channels they’re invited to, but cannot send invitations to work with other organizations.
- Org Owners and Org Admins
- Available on the Enterprise Grid plan
On Enterprise Grid, you can use Slack Connect with free teams to make working with people outside your company more seamless. When this setting is enabled, teams on a free plan can join channels they’re invited to in your org without having to upgrade or start a free trial.
Manage connections with free teams
By default, the setting to use Slack Connect with free teams is disabled, but Org Owners and Org Admins can manage this from the admin dashboard. If enabled, this setting will only affect future invitations sent from your organization.
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
- Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organization settings.
- Click Slack Connect in the left sidebar, then select Settings.
- Next to Use Slack Connect with free teams, click Edit.
- Check the box next to Enable, then click Save Setting.
What to expect for free teams
Below is what free teams can expect when working with your company in Slack Connect channels:
- Messages won’t count toward the message visibility limit.
- Uploaded files will count toward the file storage limit. All files will be accessible in a Slack Connect channel, even if the storage limit is reached.
- Channel members can start and join huddles, record audio and video clips, add and use apps, and use published workflows (but cannot create their own).
- People from free teams can join Slack Connect channels they’re invited to, but cannot send invitations to work with other organizations.
- Org Owners and Org Admins
- Available on the Enterprise Grid plan