Trying to setup a Role and group configuration for a new Jira instance

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Hi team, 
I would like to setup roles and group configurations but I think I am a little confused. 
I am trying to have external people only able to work in the project that they are assigned to.
If I understood correctly, I need to create a new “permission scheme” and grant the “external role” the permission to see and manage issues on that scheme. if I am correct, when I am adding a new user to a new project - user as external role and project as new “permission scheme” - they will only be able to see that project. Have said that, this means I need to create a “permission scheme” to every new project that contains externals and I need one specific scheme for a project that i only want 1 group of people to be able to see, so I can have only the specific roles defined. 

Does that make sense?

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @[deleted]

If you want a group of users to have permissions to see and work in only specified projects, there are multiple steps you need to take:

1. Assign the users to role(s) in the projects to which you want them to have access.

2. Set those roles up to have the required permissions in the specified projects.

3. Ensure that the permissions for all other projects are set in a manner that the users will NOT have access to those other projects.

The exact steps you have to take depend on whether your projects are Team Managed or Company Managed. Access and permissions to those types of projects are managed differently.

You can determine the project type by looking at the Type column on the View All Projects page under the Projects menu.