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

How to create private categories using category security settings

This video explains how you can use group permissions to create private categories (or private “forums”). Scroll down for written instructions. [How to create a group and add permissions to a category] 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 t…