Creating a Site Group

If you are accessing the Create Site Group page for a specific area, area rights apply to the specific area and to any subareas that inherit from this area. If you are accessing this page for the portal site, area rights apply to all areas that inherit rights from the root of the portal site.

To create a site group, you must at a minimum be a member of the Administrator site group on the portal site. You can also create a site group if you are a member of the SharePoint administrators group or if you are a member of the local Administrators group on the front-end Web server on which the portal site is located.

Create a site group

1. On the Site Settings page, in the General Settings section, click Manage security and additional settings.
2. On the Manage Security and Additional Settings page, in the Users and Permissions section, click Manage site groups.
3. On the Manage Site Groups page, click Add a Site Group.
4. On the Create Site Group page, in the Site Group Name and Description section, do the following:
   1. In the Site group name box, type a name for the new site group.
   2. In the Description box, type a description for the site group.
5. In the Rights section, select the rights for this site group.
6. Click OK.