# Can we create two forums with the same users but different user permissions?

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [Janvier 25, 2017, 11:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-create-two-forums-with-the-same-users-but-different-user-permissions/56358 "2017-01-25T23:18:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [Janvier 26, 2017, 12:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-create-two-forums-with-the-same-users-but-different-user-permissions/56358/3 "2017-01-26T00:14:21Z")

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Yeah, I’d definitely look very hard at groups and categories, and even extending that system if necessary, before I went with two separate forums tied together with SSO. The only case I’d consider splitting them is if it was absolutely essential that the set of moderators and admins were separate between the two, because those perms are, by design, global across an entire forum.

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