# Squads

Squads are smaller groups of members within Teams. Squads could correspond to groups of people who are responsible for specific projects within a Team.

These are especially useful for adding groups of people to be on-call in a [<mark style="color:blue;">Schedule</mark>](/schedules/schedules-legacy/create-and-manage-on-call-schedules-and-rotations.md). Squads are also handy when you need to notify the entire group together. For instance, when coordinated responses are required for high-urgency, high-complexity incidents, or as the last level of notification in an <mark style="color:blue;">Escalation Policy</mark> when an incident is still unacknowledged at that point.

{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**Important**</mark>:

* In organizations with Role-Based Access Control, users with the Manage Teams role can modify or delete squads.
* In organizations with Owner-Based Access Control, only Squad Owners and Team Owners can modify or delete squads.
  {% endhint %}

### Create a Squad <a href="#create-a-squad" id="create-a-squad"></a>

{% hint style="info" %}
**Prerequisite:** [<mark style="color:blue;">Add Users</mark>](/manage-users/add-and-delete-users.md#add-users) to your Team before defining a Squad.
{% endhint %}

To create a Squad in a Team:

1. Navigate to **Settings** in the sidebar -> Click on **Teams** from the secondary navigation menu and select the **Team** that you want to create a Squad in.

<figure><img src="/files/dAGXyv1YEaSkngcFHncq" alt="How to create a squad in Squadcast"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

3\. Click on **Squads** from the horizontal menu. -> Click on **Add Squad** to add a new Squad.

5\. Add a **Squad Name** and map the members of the Team. -> Click on **Save** to create and view the Squad

<figure><img src="/files/aewC6u2lcHLYkEDlzRcv" alt="" width="370"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Edit or Delete a Squad <a href="#edit-or-delete-a-squad" id="edit-or-delete-a-squad"></a>

To edit or delete a squad,

1. Navigate to Settings -> Click on **Teams** from the secondary navigation menu and select the **Team** that you want to create a Squad in.

<figure><img src="/files/yfsMBf1JDN2tLAEI7B6a" alt="Create a squad from a team in Squadcast"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

3\. Click on **Squads** from the horizontal menu -> To edit an existing Squad, click on <mark style="color:red;">`More Options`</mark> for that particular Squad.

5\. Choose **Edit** to modify the existing Squad or **Delete** to delete the Squad entirely.

<figure><img src="/files/ISbMYVWv1G1uvoHVLvFK" alt="Delete a squad from a team in Squadcast" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

6\. After modifying/choosing to delete the Squad, either click on **Save** or confirm the deletion accordingly.

<figure><img src="/files/7fcpJHFFVDe8pwxC6zOi" alt="confirmation of deleting the squad in Squadcast" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

*Have any questions?* [*Ask the community*](https://community.squadcast.com/view/home)*.*


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