User management configuration settings 

Manage your Mattermost users including their access permissions, groups, teams, channels, as well as their access to the System Console. Configure this feature by going to System Console > User Management.

The following user management configuration settings are available:

Users 

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E10/E20

Available in Mattermost Free and Starter subscription plans. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

View statistics on active users, teams, channels, sessions, webhooks, and connections.

  • System Config path: User Management > Users

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

Groups 

Available in the Mattermost Enterprise subscription plan. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E20

View statistics on active users, teams, channels, sessions, webhooks, and connections.

  • System Config path: User Management > Groups

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

Teams 

Available in the Mattermost Enterprise subscription plan. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E20

View statistics on active users, teams, channels, sessions, webhooks, and connections.

  • System Config path: User Management > Teams

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

Channels 

Available in the Mattermost Enterprise subscription plan. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E20

Manage active and inactive users, revoke all user sessions, access individual users to view their User ID, add users to other teams, and view the teams they are on and what their role is on a team.

  • System Config path: User Management > Channels

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

Note: You can search for channels by channel name or by channel ID.

Permissions 

Available in the Mattermost Enterprise subscription plan. Available in the Mattermost Professional subscription plan. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E10/E20

Manage default teams and channels by linking AD/LDAP groups to Mattermost groups.

  • System Config path: User Management > Permissions

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

See AD/LDAP groups documentation documentation for more details.

System roles 

Available in Mattermost Free and Starter subscription plans. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E10/E20

Manage team settings, including group synchronization for teams.

  • System Config path: User Management > System Roles

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

See AD/LDAP groups documentation documentation for more details.