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September 11, 2026
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Entra ID group permissions on folders & boards

  • September 11, 2026
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Hello,

We are currently setting up a permissions concept in Lucid and would like to manage access via Microsoft Entra ID groups.

Our goal is:

  • Entra group has View access on a folder.
  • The same Entra group has Edit access on a specific board within that folder.

At the moment, it seems that folder permissions are inherited by all boards and group-based permissions cannot be overridden on board level. We can only grant different permissions to individual users.

Is there any supported way to achieve this scenario with Entra ID groups?

Alternatively, are there any best practices for managing different permissions between folders and individual boards while using Entra ID group-based access management?

Thank you for your support.

Best answer by kmougammadou

Hi ​@Ella, thanks for your post in the community! 

Yes, this setup is supported in Lucid! 

Lucid operates on a principle where users and groups default to the highest level of access permissions granted between a folder and its contents. 

 

  • If you give an Entra ID group View access to a folder, and then explicitly share a specific board inside that folder with the same Entra ID group with Edit access, members of that group will be granted Edit access on that specific board while retaining View access for everything else in the folder.
  • Users will never have fewer permissions to a document/board than they do to the containing folder. Therefore, while you can grant higher access on individual boards (e.g., View at folder level -> Edit at board level), you cannot restrict access lower than the folder level (e.g., Edit at folder level -> View at board level).

 

To set this up:
1. Share the parent folder with the Entra ID group and assign View access.
2. Open the specific board within that folder, click Share, add the Entra ID group, and assign Edit access.

For more details on managing folder and document permissions, please review our Create team folders article.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns.

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kmougammadou
September 11, 2026

Hi ​@Ella, thanks for your post in the community! 

Yes, this setup is supported in Lucid! 

Lucid operates on a principle where users and groups default to the highest level of access permissions granted between a folder and its contents. 

 

  • If you give an Entra ID group View access to a folder, and then explicitly share a specific board inside that folder with the same Entra ID group with Edit access, members of that group will be granted Edit access on that specific board while retaining View access for everything else in the folder.
  • Users will never have fewer permissions to a document/board than they do to the containing folder. Therefore, while you can grant higher access on individual boards (e.g., View at folder level -> Edit at board level), you cannot restrict access lower than the folder level (e.g., Edit at folder level -> View at board level).

 

To set this up:
1. Share the parent folder with the Entra ID group and assign View access.
2. Open the specific board within that folder, click Share, add the Entra ID group, and assign Edit access.

For more details on managing folder and document permissions, please review our Create team folders article.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns.

EllaAuthor
September 11, 2026

Hi ​@kmougammadou 
thank you for your answer 💖

Sadly this isn’t working in our set up. :( This is exactly my problem.

We use the teams in Lucid for Entra ID Groups. So for every Entra ID Group we added every person to a Team. 
After that we used the Team for the permissions. 

Could that be a Problem? Do you have an idea, how to fix this? :) 

kmougammadou
September 17, 2026

Hi ​@Ella,

Thanks for getting back to me. I was informed that one of your colleague has reached out to our Enablement team about the same topic. We’re looking into it internally and will get back to you as soon as possible!