Assign a role to a group

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title: Assign a role to a group
description: You can assign a role to a group to grant access to applications and modules to group members.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/user-administration/t\_AssignRoleToGroup.html
release: australia
product: User Administration
classification: user-administration
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Create a role, Managing roles, User administration, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
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# Assign a role to a group

You can assign a role to a group to grant access to applications and modules to group members.

## Before you begin

Role required: user\_admin or admin

## About this task

When you assign roles to groups rather than to individual users, members of the group inherit the role. When a user switches groups, the new group role is assigned automatically. For information about the Service Mapping roles, see [Control user access to application services](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/it-operations-management/control-user-access-to-business-services.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **User Administration** > **Groups**.

2.  Select the group to assign a role.

3.  In the **Roles** related list, select **Edit**.

4.  Add the desired roles to the group.

5.  Select **Save**.


**Parent Topic:**[Create a role](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/user-administration/t_CreateARole.md)