course

Control functionality across Jira with global permissions


duration

20 minutes

role

Jira Admin

level

Advanced

product

Jira
Jira Service Management

Add a layer of security to Jira

Control user access and actions at the organization, product, project, and issue levels with permissions. You’ll explore the difference between global permissions and project permissions, and you’ll learn how to configure global permissions.

After this course, you’ll also be able to:
  • List the common global and project permissions.
  • Describe the function of each global and project permission.
  • Describe access permission types and security.
  • Assign global permissions to groups and remove them as needed.
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2 Lessons in this course

10 minutes
What are permissions in Jira?

By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to: - Differentiate global and project permissions - List the common global and project permissions - Describe the function of each global and project permission - Describe access permission types and security


Sections
  • Control what users see and do with permissions
  • Compare global and project permissions
  • Explore company-managed project permissions
10 minutes
Configure global permissions in Jira

By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to: - Configure global permissions - Assign global permissions to groups - Remove global permissions from groups


Sections
  • Grant global permissions to groups
  • Grant global permissions to the Public
  • Let’s explore an example!

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