Differences between Team vs. Group

[debattwg]

I'm trying to see the difference between a "team" and a "group." Is one a sub-set of the other?

[Rich]

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@debattwg wrote:

Is one a sub-set of the other?

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Yes. Everyone you invite becomes a member of your team, and you can create groups of members to apply specific permissions.

• https://help.dropbox.com/teams-admins/team-member/groups

[debattwg]

Thank you.  What I'm trying to get at is the hierarchy of folder management, i.e., who can create and manipulate top-level folders and who can't. My objective is to have one member in charge of all of the company's top-level folders, and the other members able to create and manipulate sub-folders. Right now, all of our members can do everything. I think we have one Team that includes everyone in the company, and one big "group" that also includes everyone in the company. I'd like to separate out one member of the company to be the only one who can create, move, archive, or delete a top-level folder. Can I do that from the Team level, or do I have to go into the group and change each member's permissions, or what?

Thanks again!

[Nancy · Accepted solution]

Hey @debattwg, I hope you’re doing well. 

In general, only admins of a Business team can create, rename, or delete a team folder via the Content tab of their Admin Console. You can also read more details about this here and here. 

So, you can definitely have another person on your team manage them, but you’ll need to make them an admin first. 

Hope this clarifies things a bit, but you can let me know if you’ve got any further questions.

[debattwg]

Thanks Nancy. I'm trying to figure out if I can manage our top-level folders by myself, as a "librarian" kind of, for our company. Right now, any member on our account, whether admin or not, can create, edit, and delete a top-level folder. I tried going through the following process of allowing and not allowing people to manage top level, but from my Admin console/Settings/Content, there is no "Top-level content management" option. 

1. Sign in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
2. Click Admin console.
3. Click Settings.
4. Under Content, click Top-level content management.
5. Click the drop-down and choose the right setting for your team:
   • Everyone: All team members can edit the top-level of the team space.
   • Only admins: Only admins can edit the top-level of the team space. Team members can’t add files or folders to this level of the space.

We have an advanced business account, and I can do a lot of other things as a team admin, but not this. 

Thanks for any light you may be able to shed.

[Hannah]

Hey @debattwg, how are you today?

Sorry to jump in, but would you mind trying from this link?

You should be able to find this setting yourself in the 'settings' tab of your admin console.

[debattwg]

Hi Hannah,

When I click on the link you provided, I get this error:

"Oh hello. Sorry for this little hiccup.

Try refreshing your page"

Refreshing has no effect.

[Hannah]

I see, thanks for the update here.

It seems that you might be on a kind of older version of Dropbox Business and might not have the updated team shared workspace.

You can read more about this update here.

[debattwg]

Hi Hannah,

Can you tell me when the "Team Space" update became available? We do not have it, and our Business Advanced subscription is current, just renewed last month. But I do not see any folders with the single person icon indicating that we are on the Team Space version.

Thanks,

Deb

[Megan]

Hi @debattwg, how are you today? 

When you click on Hannah's article, do you have the option to try out the new experience?