{"id":2563,"date":"2025-07-02T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/docs\/asset-manager\/settings\/organization-settings\/device-groups\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T07:24:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:24:52","slug":"device-groups","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/asset-management\/settings\/organization-settings\/device-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Device Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Device Groups in Zecurit provide a logical way to organize your managed devices. By grouping devices, administrators can streamline remote actions, enforce configurations and apply policies more efficiently across multiple endpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re managing hundreds or thousands of devices, grouping allows you to manage them by department, geography, purpose or compliance level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why use Device Groups?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Helps segregate devices by <strong>team, business unit, or usage type<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simplifies <strong>remote actions<\/strong> such as asset scanning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enables <strong>policy-based configuration<\/strong> based on group membership.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improves <strong>visibility<\/strong> into device compliance and status.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports <strong>role-based access,<\/strong> device groups can be assigned to specific technicians, allowing them to manage only the devices relevant to their role or region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group Types<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zecurit supports two types of device groups, depending on how you want to manage group membership and exclusivity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Static Groups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Description:<\/strong> Static Groups allow you to manually add or remove devices. These groups are flexible and ideal for organizing devices based on operational or administrative logic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A device <strong>can be part of multiple static groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manual assignment gives full control to the admin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best suited for <strong>custom or ad-hoc grouping<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Use Case Examples:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grouping devices for a temporary campaign.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Classifying endpoints by IT administrator region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Unique Groups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Description:<\/strong> Unique Groups enforce <strong>exclusive membership<\/strong> \u2014 a device assigned to a unique group cannot be added to any other group (static or unique). This ensures a strict grouping structure where no overlaps are allowed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Exclusive membership<\/strong> ensures cleaner policy application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prevents device duplication across configurations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best for <strong>compliance-based or critical device segments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Use Case Examples:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grouping secure devices with elevated restrictions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enforcing unique configuration sets for dedicated departments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to create a Device Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Settings \u2192 Organization \u2192 Device Groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>\u201cCreate Group\u201d<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose the <strong>Group Type<\/strong>: Static or Unique.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide a <strong>Group Name<\/strong> and optional description.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add devices to the group (manually for Static; system-managed for Unique).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the group.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Only Super Admins and users with appropriate permissions can create or modify groups.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Managing Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Edit Group<\/strong>: Change name or reassign devices (for static groups).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Delete Group<\/strong>: Remove the group (devices will remain managed but ungrouped).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>View Group Membership<\/strong>: Quickly see which devices belong to each group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best Practices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>Static Groups<\/strong> for flexibility and general organization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>Unique Groups<\/strong> when exclusivity is required for policies or configurations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regularly <strong>review group assignments<\/strong> to ensure accuracy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Name groups clearly to reflect purpose or department for easier identification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By using Device Groups effectively, you can dramatically enhance your operational efficiency, ensure better compliance, and make bulk operations like remote commands more targeted and manageable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":2547,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2563","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2563\/revisions\/2627"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}