{"id":80567,"date":"2023-06-05T13:09:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=support&#038;p=80567"},"modified":"2024-03-20T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:58:48","slug":"get-started-device-groups","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/get-started-device-groups","title":{"rendered":"Get Started: Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>JumpCloud saves you time by letting you create groups of users, devices, and policies. Performing group-based assignments to resources is efficient and helps you manage a large number of devices or users.&nbsp;You can connect the user to any of the resources connected to your JumpCloud org. You can connect the user to any of the resources connected to JumpCloud from a device to applications, networks, etc. If the user is created in a Staged user state, they will not gain access to their assigned resources until they are activated. See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/manage-user-states\">Managing User States<\/a> for specific information about when a user is provisioned.<br><br>&nbsp;JumpCloud offers three types of groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>User groups\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Grant users access to resources. Connect the\u00a0resources you want users to be able to access (applications, LDAP resources, networks, and more).\u00a0See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/get-started-user-groups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Getting Started: User Groups<\/a><strong>.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>To get started with user group membership automation, see <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/configure-dynamic-user-groups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Configure Dynamic User Groups<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Device groups<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Group your devices for policy enforcement and user account provisioning at scale. Connect the user groups that will get bulk access and assign device policies all at once. See <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/create-a-device-group\">Create a Device Group<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/assign-the-device-group-to-user-group\">Assign a Device Group or Policy Group<\/a>. \n<ul>\n<li>To get started with device group membership automation, see <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/configure-dynamic-device-groups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Configure Dynamic Device Groups<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Policy groups<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; &nbsp;Control and protect devices. Add multiple policies to a policy group, and apply the policy group to a device group. See <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/create-a-policy\">Create a Policy<\/a> to learn how to create a policy or policy group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JumpCloud saves you time by letting you create groups of users, devices, and policies. 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