{"id":452,"date":"2012-12-14T05:55:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T05:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/collaboriscom.wpengine.com\/?p=452"},"modified":"2022-10-12T15:04:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:04:49","slug":"how-to-create-a-sharepoint-user-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/how-to-create-a-sharepoint-user-group\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a SharePoint User Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"\">How to Create a SharePoint User Group<\/h1>\n<p><em>DocRead for SharePoint is the only\u00a0<a href=\"\/products\/policy-and-procedure-management-software\/\">policy management software<\/a>\u00a0that integrates straight into SharePoint and allows compliance professionals to distribute and track their policies and procedures.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When speaking with customers, I often need to supply them with quick &#8220;how to&#8221; guides that help remind them how to do some of the most common tasks required to be a skilled DocRead administrator.<\/p>\n<p>This blog post explains in very simple terms how to create a SharePoint group! Treat it as a quick-reference guide.<\/p>\n<p>1. Log in as an administrator and navigate to the site where the group is to be used.<\/p>\n<p>2. On the site&#8217;s home page select \u2018Site Actions\u2019, then \u2018Site Permissions\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>3. On the Permissions page, select the \u2018Create Group\u2019 icon from the \u2018Permission Tools \u2013 Edit\u2019 ribbon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/create-user-group-permission-tools.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/create-user-group-permission-tools.png\" alt=\"create-user-group-permission-tools\" width=\"333\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Complete the form with the relevant information about the group you wish to create.<\/p>\n<p>5. Once all of the necessary information has been entered, click the \u2018Create\u2019 button.<\/p>\n<p>6. 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