Understanding User Groups

You can manage and organize the security privileges of users as part of Groups.

The administrator establishes group security privileges and then assigns users to groups.

       An administrator can create, rename, and delete groups, as well as modify group membership.

       A group may contain users or even other groups.

       Both a user and a group may be in multiple groups.
(Not allowed: Group A is part of Group B, which is part of Group A.)

       By default, there are two User Groups.

       The Administrators user group allows users who are a member of this group full access to the system.

       The Symphony Users group allows users limited access.

       Group membership makes the security management of many users easier than managing privileges on a per user basis.

       If a security restriction is applied to a group, this restriction is implicitly applied to all members of that group.

       If users are added to the group at a later date, the same security restrictions automatically apply.

       If users are removed, the security restrictions no longer apply.

If your system is under Enterprise Management, the Farm and User membership security settings are read-only if they have been configured at the enterprise management level. You cannot add/remove users or groups. You can, however, modify access to Devices and Video walls.

 

To view an existing User Group:

       From the Groups section, select the name of the group. The Group Information is displayed in the right pane.