Creating and Managing Permission Groups

Orchid Alto VMS supports granular permissions through the Permission Groups feature. This means that Administrators may create custom permission sets, and will be able to:

• Define groups of users, each with different permissions
• Add Permission Groups as “users” of other Permission Groups (nested groups)
• Assign combinations of individual abilities (Live, Playback, PTZ, and Export)
• Grant and revoke permissions at both the server and camera levels

Using Permission Groups can decrease the Administrator’s workload by eliminating the need to enter every detail for each user, and reducing the need for future maintenance. A solid permission strategy, however, will require some planning.

*You must be a member of an Administrator group to add and manage Permission Groups.

*To configure Orchid Alto VMS to work with an external authentication provider (like Google or Azure Active Directory), IPConfigure Support staff must first configure the system to do so.
~To create Permission Groups for Azure Active Directory, please refer to the Add a Permission Group for Azure Active Directory section.
~ You don’t have to create Permission Groups specifically for Google authentication. For each user that will sign in with Google, there should be an Orchid Alto VMS user linked to a Google account.