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title: Managing User Groups in Access Server
canonical: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/groups/
product: Access Server Docs
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# Managing User Groups in Access Server

Learn how to create user groups as part of your [access control](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/access-control.md).

## Add a user group

Follow these steps to add a new user group:

1. Sign in to the Admin Web UI.
2. Click **User Management \> Group Permissions**.
3. Enter your group name in the **New Group** field.
4. For detailed group configuration, click **More Settings**.
   - You can configure the group [authentication](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/authenticating.md), [MFA](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/totp-mfa.md), subnets, [access control](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/access-control.md)[user manual](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/user-management/#group-permissions-78636)
5. Select **Save Settings** and **Update Running Server**.

## Advanced group management

For advanced management from the command line, refer to this tutorial: [Manage User and Group Properties from the Command Line](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--user-and-group-properties-cli.md).

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