Roles can now be assigned to groups

We're excited to announce that you can now assign roles to groups in WorkOS. This is a powerful feature that allows you to manage permissions at scale by assigning roles to entire groups rather than individual users.

What's New

With Roles for Groups, you can:

• Assign roles to groups: Grant permissions to multiple users at once by assigning roles directly to groups
• Simplify permission management: Reduce the overhead of managing individual user permissions by leveraging group-based role assignment
• Improve scalability: As your organization grows, managing permissions through groups becomes increasingly efficient

How It Works

When you assign a role to a group, all members of that group automatically inherit the permissions associated with that role. If a user is a member of multiple groups with different roles, they will have the union of all permissions from those roles.

Getting Started

To assign roles to groups:

1. Navigate to your WorkOS dashboard
2. Go to the Roles section
3. Select a role and assign it to one or more groups
4. All members of those groups will immediately have access to the permissions associated with that role

For more information, check out our documentation.