User groups management

User Groups in Remote Desktop Manager macOS are mainly used to reduce the time taken to manage users. The management of permissions granted to user groups are quite similar to the corresponding notions for users, but instead of a single user, they apply to all users to which you have assigned the user groups.

Administration - User Groups
Administration - User Groups

This feature is only available with an SQL Server and a Devolutions Server data source.

User groups in Remote Desktop Manager macOS

User groups in Remote Desktop Manager macOS are simply permission sets that you assign to a user. You can assign multiple user groups to each user and the end result is the union of all permissions.

  1. Create a new user groups in Administration - User Groups and click on the plus to create a new one.
    Add User Group
    Add User Group

User groups Management

General

The General side menu is used to define general information about the new user group.

User Group Management - General
User Group Management - General

OPTION DESCRIPTION
Login The Login name is the name displayed in your User Groups list.
Description Enter a short description of your new User group.

Privileges

The Privileges side menu lets you add particular privileges to the user groups. These privileges needs to be enabled for certain features to be available to users like the rights to import or export sessions.

User Group Management - Privileges
User Group Management - Privileges

OPTION DESCRIPTION
Allow reveal password Allows the user to use the Reveal Password command.
Allow drag-and-drop Allows the user to move the sessions using drag-and-drop from other applications.
View details Allows the user to see the content of the Details tab for all sessions.
View information Allows the user to see the content of the Information tab for all sessions.
View shared logs Allows the user to see the content of the Logs that applies to a session.
Import Allows the user to Import sessions (Clipboard – Paste as well). The import menu (File – Import) and the import feature in the context menu will be grayed out if the option is not active.
Export Allows the user to Export sessions (Clipboard – Copy as well). The export menu (File – Export) and the export feature in the context menu will be grayed out if the option is not active.

Permissions

Use the Permissions side menu to assign the View, Add, Edit and Delete permissions to your User groups. For more information please see Permissions.

User Group Management - Permissions
User Group Management - Permissions

Settings

The Settings side menu lets you define the Offline mode rights for your User Groups.

User Group Management - Settings
User Group Management - Settings

OPTION DESCRIPTION
Disabled No offline cache allowed for that user group.
Read-only A read-only cache is allowed for Advanced Data Sources.
Read/Write An advanced cache, with change synchronization, is allowed for Advanced Data Sources.

Assign a user groups

To assign user group to a user or to manage user groups for a user go in Administration - User groups and click on Assign user groups.

User and Security Management - User Groups
User and Security Management - User Groups

It is possible to assign a user group to multiple users at the same time. Select the users you wish to apply the selected user group or you can simply click Select All or Unselect All.

User Group Assignment
User Group Assignment

User groups in Devolutions Server

User groups in Devolutions Server are in fact links to Active Directory groups. By leveraging Active Directory integration you can easily define access rights for all domain users in your organization. Once a domain user log in the Devolutions Server data source, their user account will be created if needed and users rights will be controlled by the defined groups.

Please note that the Unsecured group permissions (the ones above the grid) are ignored. You must set them on each user individually.

For more information please see Devolutions Server User Groups Management.