Limit discussion to certain people

[Puja_Garg]

Hi, I want to know that can we limit the certain discussion to be limit to certain people.
If something like we can create teams or on individual level only
For example : If team A and team B are having some discussion then Team C should not be able to interfere in that.
So can anyone help me with this , that how I can achieve this.

[maiki]

You may use groups to set permissions on a category level.

For your example:

• Create three groups: Team A, B, and C.
• Create forum with permissions only for Team A and B.

[Puja_Garg]

How we can create forum, I can see only option to create to topics.

[itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma)]

You’ll have to create Categories

[Puja_Garg]

So you guys means that first I have to create groups and then create categories and set permissions for that category and then create topic inside the category , correct right??

[merefield (Robert)]

That’s correct. Content security is largely Category and Group driven.

[dax (Daniela)]

For reference see

Understanding groups and category permissions (security settings)

See this video tutorial for an example of how to use these features: Create a private category with limited access for a certain group The Security tab on the category edit page is used to control both the visibility of categories and what users can do in a category. This is done by defining an access list of groups that associate a group name with an access level. The default permission for a new category is that the group everyone can Create/Reply/See. This means that a…