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For instance i need user groups to upload images to their folder. I don't want one group to be able to access another groups image folders. Can CMSMS do this?

frontend users?

Try the uploads module

Will your user groups have access to the admin area? If not I think a combination of FrontEnd Users and Uploads would fit the bill. If they do need admin access, that is a little more tricky.

Admin users. I want to create groups with their own access to pages - including images. One of the biggest problems with most CMS's is that they restrict authors to pages but forget you may not want those authors to mess with other authors images. An author isn't just about text it's also about images that may be on that page.

Freddo wrote: ...One of the biggest problems with most CMS's is that they restrict authors to pages but forget you may not want those authors to mess with other authors images...

Indeed