User group types

There are two general types of user groups:

  • Static user groups: Static user groups are those which are populated manually, that is, all users are individually added by the administrator.
  • Dynamic user groups: Dynamic user groups are populated and maintained through either a query or a directory server. For more information on dynamically populated user groups, see Dynamically-populated-user-and-device-groups.

The different types of group are distinguished by their icon:

Icon

Description

group.png

Static user group

group_dynamic.png

Dynamic user group, managed via assigned queries

group_dirserv.png

Dynamic user group, managed via a directory server

Related topics

User-types

Managing-device-user-relationship

Performing-basic-tasks

Performing-advanced-tasks

Manually-populating-user-groups

 

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