inviting-people-to-use-your-instance.md

title	Inviting people to use your instance
intro	When you use built-in authentication for {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %}, you can invite people by email address to create a user account on your instance.
versions	ghes *
permissions	Enterprise owners can invite people to create a user account on a {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} instance.
shortTitle	Invite people
redirect_from	/admin/identity-and-access-management/using-built-in-authentication/inviting-people-to-use-your-instance
contentType	how-tos
category	Configure authentication

About invitations for new users

{% data reusables.enterprise_user_management.built-in-authentication-new-accounts %} {% data reusables.enterprise_user_management.unauthenticated-sign-ups %}

You can disable unauthenticated sign-ups and require an invitation to create a new user account on your instance. For more information, see AUTOTITLE.

{% data reusables.enterprise_user_management.alternatively-enable-external-authentication %}

Inviting people to create a user account

{% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.access-settings %} {% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.invite-user-sidebar-tab %} {% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.invite-user-reset-link %}

If you've configured email for notifications on {% data variables.location.product_location %}, your instance will send the invitation to the provided email address. For more information, see AUTOTITLE.