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# Invites

Portal invite settings control whether invitation-based access is available across the portal. They are distinct from invitations sent to a specific user group.

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**Location:** **Settings → User access → Invites**
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#### Portal-wide invite availability

Use this page to control the portal-level behaviour that allows or prevents administrators from inviting users. When invitations are disabled here, group-level invitation workflows may be unavailable even when an administrator can otherwise manage the group.

| Control         | Effect                                    | Administrator impact                                                           |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Enable invites  | Allows invitation workflows on the portal | Group administrators can invite people where their permissions also allow it   |
| Disable invites | Prevents new invitation-based onboarding  | Existing accounts and other registration methods are not automatically removed |

#### Relationship with registration and groups

Portal registration controls whether people can create their own accounts. Invites provide an administrator-led route into the portal. User-group invitations additionally place the recipient into a particular cohort.

Treat these as separate decisions:

* whether self-registration is open;
* whether administrators may issue invitations;
* which administrators may manage a particular group; and
* which user type and group membership an invited person receives.

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Changing the portal-wide setting can affect onboarding across many groups. Check current invitation processes before disabling it.
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#### Operational checks

Test the complete invitation journey with a non-production email address. Confirm the invitation message, expiry behaviour, destination portal, assigned user type and resulting group membership.


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