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People
People are your organization's members — synced from Google or Microsoft, organized by OU, and grouped for Person Modifiers.
People
The People menu shows your organization’s members — employees, students, and volunteers. You don’t create People directly in K12Panel; they’re synchronized from your user-management system: Google Workspace via Cloud Sync, or Microsoft Active Directory/Azure via AD Sync and Azure sync.
Organizational Units
People are organized into Organizational Units (OUs), which mirror your Google or Active Directory OUs and provide a hierarchy for your members.
People Groups
Select any number of People and add them to or remove them from People Groups you’ve created in Panel. People Groups are used to apply Person-scoped Modifiers (which bind to people), as opposed to Asset Modifiers (which bind to assets).
Customizing the View
You can change the fields shown on this page — for example to include suspended users or show each person’s location in your OU structure.
A Note on Terminology
People and Person describe members of your organization. The term User is generally reserved for a K12Panel system user who can sign in to Panel.
Common Questions
Can I create a Person manually in Panel?
No. People are synced from Google or Microsoft; add them there.
Why don’t I see my users yet?
Give the first sync time to complete; People appear after it runs.
What’s the difference between a Person and a User?
A Person is an organization member; a User is someone who signs in to K12Panel.
How do I target people with Modifiers?
Add them to a People Group and associate Person-scoped Modifiers with that group.