# Groups
A group is a collection of users bound to one or more roles.
## The Groups page
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Only **active** users will be displayed in groups.
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The Groups page shows you a table that shows the active groups in your realm.
This table shows the group **name**, **description,** and the **number of members** in each group.
Groups page
## Actions
### How to create a group
To create a group:
1. Click on the **Create** button, in the upper right corner.
2. Fill in the group name and description.
3. Click on the **+** icon to assign members to the new group (optional).
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You can add or remove members from a group at any time.
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4. Click on **Save** to create the new group.
### How to bind a role to a group
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You must create the desired role before you bind it to a group. [Learn more about roles here](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/platform-administration/administration/new-access-control/access-control-roles).
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To bind a role to a group:
1. Use the search bar or search the table for the group you want to assign a role to.
2. Click on the pencil icon in the **Actions** column.
3. On the **Permissions** tab, click on **Binding.**
4. Select the desired role and the environment to which you want to assign the permissions of the role.
5. Click on **Save.**
6. Write a note describing the reasons for the changes you just made.
7. Click on **Edit** to confirm the action.
### How to set environment permissions for a group
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Check out the [roles documentation](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/platform-administration/administration/new-access-control/access-control-roles) to see which roles have permission to change the environment variable.
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The environment parameter allows users to specify the environments (test or production) in which a group can perform certain tasks. If no environment is selected, the group has access to all environments.
To set environment permissions:
1. Use the search bar or search the table for the group you want to archive.
2. Click on the pencil icon in the **Actions** column.
3. On the **Permissions** tab, select 1 or more environments according to the role.
4. Click on **Save**.
### How to archive a group
If you archive a group, it becomes inactive. The members of an archived group will lose the permissions granted by it.
To archive a group:
1. Use the search bar or search the table for the group you want to archive.
2. Click on the box icon in the **Actions** column.
3. Write a note describing the reasons for archiving the group.
4. Click on **Archive**.
### How to restore a group
Once a group is restored, it is no longer displayed under the archived groups list, but is visible on the active groups list. All previous permissions linked to a group are also restored. A group can be restored at any time.
Also, a group keeps the same users who are already part of it as long as they are active.
To restore a group:
1. Click on **Archived** in the dropdown menu on the search bar to see a list of all archived groups.
2. Use the search bar to find a specific group you want to restore or search for it in the available list.
3. Click on the **open box** icon in the group you want to restore.
4. Click the **Restore** button on the dialog box to confirm the action.
Group restoration
## Default groups
Besides creating your own groups, you can also use Digibee’s default groups. Each default group is bound to a set of system roles. These groups cover the most common user types of the Digibee Integration Platform.
Unlike [system roles](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/platform-administration/administration/new-access-control/access-control-roles), default groups can be modified, deleted, and archived.
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The **connectivity-manager** and **connectivity-viewer** system roles don’t belong to any of the default groups, but you can add them to the groups you want or create a new group with these roles.
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| Group name | System roles |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| developers |
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