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title: "General information about user groups"
sidebar_label: "User groups"
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description: "Basic information about user groups"
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# General information about user groups

Groups allow you to centrally manage multiple users by assigning [permissions](/access-control/access-management.mdx#permissions) to the group, rather than to each user individually. For example, you can group users to manage a specific project or billing. Each user in the group will inherit the group's permissions.

You can add users of different [types](/access-control/user-types.mdx) to a group. One user can be added to multiple groups. If a user had other permissions (individual or from another group) before being added to a group, these permissions will be added to the group's permissions.

If you use [federations](/access-control/federations/) and want to use user groups that exist on the identity provider side, you can configure [group mapping](/access-control/groups/mapping.mdx) — to integrate these groups into Selectel user groups.

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