Back-end users, the users that can access the TYPO3 back end, are grouped together into back-end groups. These users can access the front-end editing features, but are not front-end users. A group allows us to have specific settings and permissions that its users will automatically use, and also allows us to organize our users easily. These back-end usergroups are for users who have access to the TYPO3 back end. As we are going through this section, you may wish to create a group of your own, such as Editors or Product Managers, and think what permissions and settings would be appropriate for them.

To create a new usergroup, we need to go to the New record screen, which can be done by clicking New from the menu generated when we click the globe icon at the top of the list view, as shown:

From the New record screen, we can create a new back-end usergroup by selecting the option shown in the following screenshot:

This will take us to the form to create a new back-end usergroup...