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page_title: Domain model - groups
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  The anatomy of a Boundary group
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# Groups

A group is a resource
that represents a collection of [users][]
which can be treated equally
for the purposes of access control.
A group is a principal
which allows it to be assigned to [roles][].
Any role assigned to a group is indirectly assigned to the users in the group.
This assignment is a transitive property.
A user in a group receives all [permissions][] of the roles assigned to the group.
Groups can be defined at the [Global][], [Organization][], or [Project][] [scope][].

## Attributes

A group has the following configurable attributes:

- `name` - (optional)
  If set, the `name` must be unique within the group's immediate parent [scope][].

- `description` - (optional)

## Referenced by

- [Global][]
- [Organization][]
- [Role][]
- [User][]

[global]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/scopes#global
[group]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/groups
[groups]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/groups
[organization]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/scopes#organizations
[permissions]: /boundary/docs/concepts/security/permissions
[project]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/scopes#projects
[role]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/roles
[roles]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/roles
[scope]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/scopes
[user]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/users
[users]: /boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/users

## Service API docs

The following services are relevant to this resource:

- [Group Service](/boundary/api-docs/group-service)

## Tutorial

Refer to the [Manage Users and Groups with HCP Boundary](/boundary/tutorials/hcp-administration/hcp-manage-users-groups) tutorial to learn how to complete user management related tasks.