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Understanding group roles (member, manager, and owner)

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Understanding group roles (member, manager, and owner)

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After understanding what groups in Workspace are useful for, it is necessary to understand what roles can be assigned to a user who is part of the group and what privilege each role would grant to the user. As a group's administrator, you can assign roles to members of any group in your organization, whether or not you created the group. In a group, each role has certain permissions that determine who can view, post, and moderate content and manage the members in that group. Each group has default 3 roles that can be assigned to the members, which are Owner, Manager, and Members. Owner role has the highest level of control. Owners can manage all aspects of the group, including adding and removing the members, changing group settings, deleting the group, assigning roles to the members, accessing and managing group content and exporting group data. Think of the owner as the captain of the ship. They have ultimate responsibility. It is generally a good practice to have a limited number…

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