Difference between Jira groups and Jira/Atlas teams.

[Héctor Mar]

Hi Guys! I have this question, as I understand  teams in Jira and Atlas are the same, they have the same purpose and functionality.Assuming I'm correct with this, what's the difference between Jira groups and Jira/Atlas teams?

The difference it's just that anyone can create a team while the group is just created by admins?

Thanks!!

[Mikael Sandberg · Accepted solution]

Hi @Héctor Mar,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

You are correct that teams are now the same across all Atlassian products. The difference between teams and groups are that as you mentions, groups can only be created by Jira admins. Groups can be used as part of your permission scheme, issue security scheme, workflow conditions/validators, product access etc. Currently teams cannot be used in that way and are more freely to be used/created by anyone. Teams can be used in @ mentions and to show who are working together like in a cross functional team and not just the department you belong to. 

[Héctor Mar]

Hi Mikael, thanks for your answer.

I have it so much clear now.

[Noah Dinlemez]

I'm not sure if this is a new feature but I just found out that it's actually possible to sync the Group with a Team. This way, the team gets a 'verified' checkmark and adopts the name/users from the group. The group becomes admin-managed, which is no problem for me (I have made it possible with assets/JSM forms/automations (with API's) for specific users to add/remove users to their groups. 

This way the 'owners' of the teams can organise their team/group at once and both functionalities can be used easily :)

[Mikael Sandberg]

@Noah Dinlemez That is a new feature that was announced in this article. 

[Noah Dinlemez]

@Mikael Sandberg aah that's quite recent. What a coincidence and what a useful update!