Guest vs. @rmr.cap.gov accounts
To access RMR resources, such as department continuity files, you must log in to Office 365/Teams. Unfortunately, logging in is not totally straightforward because RMR accounts are either real @rmr.cap.gov email accounts, or guest accounts.
What is a guest account?
An Office 365/Teams guest account is an account that uses an email address other than @rmr.cap.gov. For example, let's say you're a COWG member but you have an RMR duty assignment. You might have a @cowg.cap.gov account, and you only want to use that email address for all CAP business; in other words, you don't want an @rmr.cap.gov account. People in this situation must log in to RMR Office 365 as a guest account, rather than a real @rmr.cap.gov account.
Guest accounts have many of the same capabilities as real @rmr.cap.gov accounts, but there are some limitations. Here are some examples of things you can/can't do with an Office 365 guest account:
| Activity | Can be done with a guest Account? | Can be done with an @rmr.cap.gov account? |
|---|---|---|
| View department files | Yes | Yes |
| Attend teams meetings | Yes | Yes |
| Host ad-hoc Teams meetings | Yes | Yes |
| Send messages to RMR mailing lists (like "IDWG Cadets") | Yes | Yes |
| Send messages to RMR mailing lists (like "IDWG Cadets") without waiting for moderation approval | No | Yes |
| Separate inbox for RMR messages (excluding non-RMR messages) | No | Yes |