Restricting documents to teams

[Deleted user]

I see restrictions in which groups and individuals can be specified. But why does my team not show up here? What is the use of teams in that case (as in, without access controls)?

[Andy Gladstone · Accepted solution]

@[deleted] Welcome to Confluence!

Your question is referring to two separate properties in Confluence.

1. Teams 
2. Groups

Teams are a function in Confluence to create teams of users that have similar roles, are working on a project together, are in the same department, etc. This will allow for communication between all individuals using the Team mention.

Groups are a security function. User accounts can be placed into a group to control access and permissions without having to select each individual.

I hope this explains it!

[Deleted user]

Yes, it does. I think it might be better to create a space and restrict the document access that way. If that doesn't work, I'll create the group.