Create a security group

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Topic Last Modified: 2007-12-18

Several default security groups are installed with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. To better meet the security requirements of your own organization, you can also create custom groups by using the Manage Groups page in Project Web Access.

Before you perform this procedure, confirm that:

  • You have read Manage groups in Project Server 2007.

  • You have access to Office Project Server 2007 through Project Web Access.

    Important

    The Manage users and groups global permission in Office Project Server 2007 is required to complete this procedure.

To add a security group

Perform the following procedure to create a custom group in Office Project Server 2007.

Add a group

  1. On the Project Web Access home page, in the Quick Launch, click Server Settings.

  2. On the Server Settings page, in the Security section, click Manage Groups.

  3. On the Manage Groups page, click New Group.

  4. On the Add or Edit Group page, in the Group Information section:

    1. In the Group Name box, type the name of the new group.

    2. In the Description box, type a brief description of the groups.

    3. If you are synchronizing this group with a group in the Active Directory directory service, click Find Group. On the Find Group in Active Directory page, search for an Active Directory group to synchronize with your Project Server group. Search results will appear in the group name list. From the group name list, select the group that you want to synchronize to, and then click OK. The group name will then appear in the Group Information section next to Active Directory Group to Synchronize.

      Note

      There are additional Active Directory synchronization options on the Manage Groups page.

  5. In the Users section, you can add users that belong in this group. In the Available Users list, select users and then click Add to add them to the group.

    • Click Add All to add all available users to the group.

    • To select multiple users at once, press the CTRL key while making your selections.

    • Users added to the group appear in the Selected Users list.

    • Use the Remove or Remove All button to remove users from the group.

  6. In the Categories section, in the Available Categories list, select the category which the group will access, and then click Add. The categories that you select will appear in the Selected Categories list. If you want the group to access all available categories, click Add All.

    For each category in the Selected Categories list, specify the permissions that you want the users in the group to have when they access the category. The category permissions list for a specific selected category appears when you select the corresponding category in the Selected Categories list.

    You can set permissions manually for any category or you can apply a security template that contains predefined permission settings.

    • To set permissions by using a security template, in the Selected Categories list, select the category to which you want to apply the template. Select the template to apply from the list next to the Set Permissions with Template button, and then click Apply.

    • To set permissions manually in the Selected Categories list, select the category to which you want to apply permissions. In the Permissions list, click Allow or Deny for each activity. Although you can also set category permissions for individual users, it is preferable to set permissions at the group level and then add users to the group. Use category permissions for individual users with special needs that are not covered by the permissions that are assigned to groups.

      Note

      For more information about category permissions, see Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 category permissions.

  7. In the Global Permissions section, select the global permissions for the group. You can apply global permissions manually or by using a security template. To set global permissions using a template, select the template to apply (from the list next to the Set Permissions with Template button), and then click Apply.

    For more information about global permissions, see Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 global permissions.

  8. Click Save.

Additional considerations

Avoid creating unnecessary groups. Having a large number of groups and categories within an organization can stress the authorization system, which can affect performance.

See Also

Concepts

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 global permissions
Manage groups in Project Server 2007