What is a managed team?
Managed teams are only available for organizations with at least one Premium or Enterprise plan for Jira, Confluence, Loom, or Compass.
Managed Teams are a configuration of Atlassian teams that can be connected to groups, which serve as the source of truth for membership. You have the option to connect either an externally managed group (SCIM-synced group) or a local Atlassian group. Managed teams have the following attributes:
They can only be created and deleted by organization admins in Atlassian Administration.
They use the connected group as the source of truth for membership, syncing the membership between the team and group.
The team will also take the name of the connected group.
Managed teams have the blue, verified checkmark in most places they’re shown or mentioned.
Create a managed team
Centralized user management experience
Managed teams can only be created by an organization admin. To create a managed team:
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select Directory > Groups.
Select the group you want to connect to a team.
Select Connect team and choose to connect a new team or an existing team.
To connect a new team:
Select New team and follow the prompts.
To connect an existing team:
Select Existing team and follow the prompts.
Original user management experience
Managed teams can only be created by an organization admin. To create a managed team:
Go to your site's Admin at admin.atlassian.com. If you're an admin for multiple sites or an organization admin, click the site's name and URL to open the Admin for that site.
Select Groups.
Select the group you want to connect to a team.
Select Connect team and choose to connect a new team or an existing team.
To connect a new team:
Select New team and follow the prompts.
To connect an existing team:
Select Existing team and follow the prompts.
Delete or disconnect a managed team
To disconnect a managed team from a group:
In Atlassian Administration, navigate to the group you want to disconnect a team from.
Select the more actions menu (•••).
Select Disconnect team.
Once disconnected, the team will:
Become a normal team with invite-only membership.
Still be attached to any work from when it was a managed team.
For any changes to a group that’s connected to a team:
The connected team will be deleted. The team can still be restored within 30 days, but it will be restored as a team with invite-only membership.
If you disconnect the Atlassian group in the identity provider, it will remain a SCIM-synced group.
If you disconnect the identity provider from Atlassian entirely, the group will become a local group and the team will still be connected to the group.
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