Does Confluence handle document versioning and Group-based permissions?
Asked by Tammy Jakubowski:

I am looking to replace Open Text's Content Server to deliver my final products to customers, including software, doc, patches. I'd also like to create a report that would allow customers to enter version numbers and get a list of appropriate patches.

We are not interested in Sharepoint at all.

Would Confluence be able to do this?


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hey there, Tammy!  
As I understand, you need to *++migrate your content from OpenText++* servers to some other platform.   
Apparently, OpenText allows you to share and access documents across your company.   
*++Confluence Cloud does indeed allow us to share, create and access the content++* . Be it files or pages within Confluence.   
You can check more information about the file attachment in *++Confluence Cloud++*:
> * ***++[Confluence Cloud - Manage Files](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/manage-files-724765113.html)++***

You can also take a look at some threads here in the Community:
> * ++***[Versioning in Confluence](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/Versioning-in-Confluence/qaq-p/540717)***++
> * [++***Does Confluence support document versioning and records***++](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Does-Confluence-Support-Document-Versioning-and-Records/qaq-p/223042)

If something is not available within the sleuth of features Confluence offers, we can resort to the Atlassian Marketplace:
> * ++***[Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=version)***++

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Furthermore, Confluence does indeed fully support Group and individual permission settings. We have a Global level and Space level permissions. In addition to that, we have page restrictions, which are a separate level of permissions. Here is some documentation on that, Tammy:
> * ++***[Global permissions overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/global-permissions-overview-724765488.html)***++
> * ++***[Space permissions overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/space-permissions-overview-724764760.html)***++
> * [++***Add or remove page restrictions***++](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/add-or-remove-page-restrictions-724764891.html)

Advanced searching and reporting based on attachment are not readily available for Confluence. You might need to look into our marketplace for a plug-in that helps you out.

If Confluence Cloud does not offer enough control, or as much as you need, you can check our Self-host option. *++Confluence server/Data Center++* also provides a large selection of plug-ins and settings to deal with permissions and sharing. Take a look:
> * ++***[Space Permissions Overview - Self-hosted](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html)***++
> * ++***[Global Permissions Overview - Self-hosted](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html)***++
> * ++***[Page Restrictions - Self-hosted](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html)***++
> * [++***Atlassian Marketplace - Confluence Server filter***++](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=server&product=confluence&query=version)

Hope this helps your quest! Let us hear from you, Tammy.

comments: author: Tammy Jakubowski
body: Thank you. This was very helpful.


author: Diego
body: Thanks for getting back to us, [@Tammy Jakubowski](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/651497)!

Come share with us whenever you need something answered.


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