diff --git a/application/forms/Config/UserGroup/DbUserGroupBackendForm.php b/application/forms/Config/UserGroup/DbUserGroupBackendForm.php
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+<?php
+/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
+
+namespace Icinga\Forms\Config\UserGroup;
+
+use Icinga\Data\ResourceFactory;
+use Icinga\Web\Form;
+
+/**
+ * Form for managing database user group backends
+ */
+class DbUserGroupBackendForm extends Form
+{
+    /**
+     * Initialize this form
+     */
+    public function init()
+    {
+        $this->setName('form_config_dbusergroupbackend');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create and add elements to this form
+     *
+     * @param   array   $formData
+     */
+    public function createElements(array $formData)
+    {
+        $resourceNames = $this->getDatabaseResourceNames();
+        $this->addElement(
+            'select',
+            'resource',
+            array(
+                'required'      => true,
+                'label'         => $this->translate('Database Connection'),
+                'description'   => $this->translate('The database connection to use for this backend'),
+                'multiOptions'  => empty($resourceNames) ? array() : array_combine($resourceNames, $resourceNames)
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the names of all configured database resources
+     *
+     * @return  array
+     */
+    protected function getDatabaseResourceNames()
+    {
+        $names = array();
+        foreach (ResourceFactory::getResourceConfigs() as $name => $config) {
+            if (strtolower($config->type) === 'db') {
+                $names[] = $name;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $names;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/application/forms/Config/UserGroup/UserGroupBackendForm.php b/application/forms/Config/UserGroup/UserGroupBackendForm.php
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+<?php
+/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
+
+namespace Icinga\Forms\Config\UserGroup;
+
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+use Icinga\Exception\IcingaException;
+use Icinga\Exception\NotFoundError;
+use Icinga\Forms\ConfigForm;
+
+/**
+ * Form for managing user group backends
+ */
+class UserGroupBackendForm extends ConfigForm
+{
+    /**
+     * Initialize this form
+     */
+    public function init()
+    {
+        $this->setName('form_config_usergroupbackend');
+        $this->setSubmitLabel($this->translate('Save Changes'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a form object for the given backend type
+     *
+     * @param   string      $type   The backend type for which to return a form
+     *
+     * @return  Form
+     */
+    public function getBackendForm($type)
+    {
+        if ($type === 'db') {
+            return new DbUserGroupBackendForm();
+        } else {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf($this->translate('Invalid backend type "%s" provided'), $type));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Populate the form with the given backend's config
+     *
+     * @param   string  $name
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     *
+     * @throws  NotFoundError   In case no backend with the given name is found
+     */
+    public function load($name)
+    {
+        if (! $this->config->hasSection($name)) {
+            throw new NotFoundError('No user group backend called "%s" found', $name);
+        }
+
+        $data = $this->config->getSection($name)->toArray();
+        $data['type'] = $data['backend'];
+        $data['name'] = $name;
+        $this->populate($data);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a new user group backend
+     *
+     * @param   array   $data
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     *
+     * @throws  InvalidArgumentException    In case $data does not contain a backend name
+     * @throws  IcingaException             In case a backend with the same name already exists
+     */
+    public function add(array $data)
+    {
+        if (! isset($data['name'])) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('Key \'name\' missing');
+        }
+
+        $backendName = $data['name'];
+        if ($this->config->hasSection($backendName)) {
+            throw new IcingaException('A user group backend with the name "%s" does already exist', $backendName);
+        }
+
+        unset($data['name']);
+        $this->config->setSection($backendName, $data);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Edit a user group backend
+     *
+     * @param   string  $name
+     * @param   array   $data
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     *
+     * @throws  NotFoundError   In case no backend with the given name is found
+     */
+    public function edit($name, array $data)
+    {
+        if (! $this->config->hasSection($name)) {
+            throw new NotFoundError('No user group backend called "%s" found', $name);
+        }
+
+        $backendConfig = $this->config->getSection($name);
+        if (isset($data['name']) && $data['name'] !== $name) {
+            $this->config->removeSection($name);
+            $name = $data['name'];
+            unset($data['name']);
+        }
+
+        $this->config->setSection($name, $backendConfig->merge($data));
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove a user group backend
+     *
+     * @param   string  $name
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     */
+    public function delete($name)
+    {
+        $this->config->removeSection($name);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create and add elements to this form
+     *
+     * @param   array   $formData
+     */
+    public function createElements(array $formData)
+    {
+        $this->addElement(
+            'text',
+            'name',
+            array(
+                'required'      => true,
+                'label'         => $this->translate('Backend Name'),
+                'description'   => $this->translate(
+                    'The name of this user group backend that is used to differentiate it from others'
+                ),
+                'validators'    => array(
+                    array(
+                        'Regex',
+                        false,
+                        array(
+                            'pattern'  => '/^[^\\[\\]:]+$/',
+                            'messages' => array(
+                                'regexNotMatch' => $this->translate(
+                                    'The backend name cannot contain \'[\', \']\' or \':\'.'
+                                )
+                            )
+                        )
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+        );
+
+        // TODO(jom): We did not think about how to configure custom group backends yet!
+        $backendTypes = array(
+            'db'    => $this->translate('Database')
+        );
+
+        $backendType = isset($formData['type']) ? $formData['type'] : null;
+        if ($backendType === null) {
+            $backendType = key($backendTypes);
+        }
+
+        $this->addElement(
+            'hidden',
+            'backend',
+            array(
+                'disabled'  => true, // Prevents the element from being submitted, see #7717
+                'value'     => $backendType
+            )
+        );
+
+        $this->addElement(
+            'select',
+            'type',
+            array(
+                'ignore'            => true,
+                'required'          => true,
+                'autosubmit'        => true,
+                'label'             => $this->translate('Backend Type'),
+                'description'       => $this->translate('The type of this user group backend'),
+                'multiOptions'      => $backendTypes
+            )
+        );
+
+        $backendForm = $this->getBackendForm($backendType);
+        $backendForm->createElements($formData);
+        $this->addElements($backendForm->getElements());
+    }
+}