Configuring users and groups

When configuring users and groups, take time to plan how you want to deploy applications in your environment.

Creating groups and then adding users is the recommended approach, because you invest the time up-front to define the recommended and optional applications for groups that represent the user types in your environment (for example, staff who frequently travel, contract or student employees) and then, when you add new users to the group, they automatically inherit all of the group settings.

When adding new users, you can avoid repetitive work by inviting multiple users at one time using the spreadsheet tool provided. Another option for minimizing administrative overhead would be to link to your Active Directory, if applicable. See Configuring an external LDAP connection for more information.

To create groups

Groups are a powerful tool for managing similar types of users with minimal administrative effort. When planning what groups to create, consider that users can only belong to one group at a time.

Create a group to manage similar users

1. From the BMC AppZone Administration Console, click People.
   The Manage Users page appears.
2. Click Manage Groups and click Create New Group. 
3. Enter the Group name and click Add. 

 See Assigning applications to users and groups for more information.

To add users to a group

1. From the BMC AppZone Administration Console, click People.
   The Manage Users page appears.

2. Click Manage Groups.

3. In the Groups list, click the name of the group.

4. Click Assign Group and select Add Users to Group.
   The Add Users window appears.

5. From the Users list, select the users that you want to add to the group.

6. Click Assign to retain these settings.

To add a user to multiple groups

1. From the BMC AppZone Administration Console, click People.
   The Manage Users page appears.

2. In the Users list, click the name of the user.

3. Click Assign User and select Assign Groups to User.
   The Assign Groups to User window appears.

4. From the Groups list, select the groups that you want to assign to the user.

5. Click Assign to retain these settings.