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  3. Administration
  4. Managing users and groups
  5. Creating and managing user groups
  6. Create a local group

Create a local group

  1. On the menu bar, click
    Groups
    .
  2. Click The Add a user group icon.
  3. Type a name for the user group.
  4. Optionally, type a description for the user group.
  5. To assign a user role to the local group, perform the following actions:
    1. In the
      User role
       section, click The Add icon.
    2. In the drop-down list, click the name of the user role that you want to assign to the group.
    3. Click
      Add
      .
  6. To assign an IT policy or profile to the local group, perform the following actions:
    1. In the
      IT policy and profiles
       section, click The Add icon.
    2. Click
      IT policy
       or a profile type.
    3. In the drop-down list, click the name of the IT policy or profile that you want to assign to the group.
    4. Click
      Assign
      .
  7. To assign an app to the user group, in the
    Assigned apps
     section, click The Add icon.
  8. Search for the app.
  9. In the search results, select the app.
  10. Click
    Next
    .
  11. In the
    Disposition
     drop-down list for the app, perform one of the following actions:
    • To install the app automatically on devices, and to prevent users from removing the app, select
      Required
      . This option is not available for
      BlackBerry
       apps.
    • To permit users to install and remove the app, select
      Optional
      .
      If the same app is assigned to a user account and to the user group that the user belongs to, the disposition of the app assigned to the user account takes precedence.
  12. For
    iOS
     devices, to assign per-app VPN settings to an app or app group, in the
    Per app VPN
     drop-down list for the app or app group, select the settings to associate with the app or app group.
  13. For
    iOS
     and
    Android
     devices, if there is an available app configuration, select the
    App configuration
     to assign to the app. 
  14. If you are using
    Android Enterprise
     and have created tracks for apps in the
    Google Play
     console, select a
    Track
     to assign to the app.
  15. Click
    Assign
    .
  16. When you are finished specifying the user group properties, click
    Add
    .