# Add groups to your Identity Center directory
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Use the following procedure to add groups to your Identity Center directory. Alternatively, you can call the AWS API operation [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/IdentityStoreAPIReference/API_CreateGroup.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/IdentityStoreAPIReference/API_CreateGroup.html) to add groups.

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#### [ Console ]

**To add a group**

1. Open the [IAM Identity Center console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon).

1. Choose **Groups**.

1. Choose **Create group**.

1. Enter a **Group name** and **Description - * optional***. The description should provide details on what permissions have been or will be assigned to the group. Under **Add users to group - *optional***, locate the users you want to add as members. Then select the check box next to each of them.

1. Choose **Create group**.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To add a group**  
The following `create-group` command creates a new group in your Identity Center directory.

```
aws identitystore create-group \
    --identity-store-id d-1234567890 \
    --display-name "Developers" \
    --description "Group that contains all developers"
```

Output:

```
{
    "GroupId": "1a2b3c4d-5e6f-7g8h-9i0j-1k2l3m4n5o6p",
    "IdentityStoreId": "d-1234567890"
}
```

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After you add this group to your Identity Center directory, you can assign single sign-on access to the group. For more information, see [Assign user or group access to AWS accounts](assignusers.md).