Group Templates

Group templates hold the settings for a group so the same group can be created repeatedly, in one tenant or across many. A template records the group's name, description, type and the settings that apply to that type, and is then applied from the deploy page. Templates are stored in CIPP rather than in a tenant, so the list is the same whichever tenant is selected.

Action Buttons

Add Group TemplateDeploy Group Templates

Table Details

Column	Description
Display Name	The name the group is given when the template is applied.
Description	The description the group is given when the template is applied.
Group Type	The kind of group the template creates, shown as its stored value: m365, generic for a security group, security for a mail-enabled security group, distribution, dynamic, dynamicDistribution or azureRole.
GUID	The template's unique identifier in CIPP, used when the template is referenced elsewhere.

Everything else the template holds is shown in the Extended Info flyout, including the membership rule, the mail nickname, any licences and aliases, whether external senders are allowed, whether the group is hidden from the Global Address List, and where the template came from.

The Group Type column shows the stored value rather than the friendly name used on the Add Group Template page, so a plain security group reads as generic while a mail-enabled security group reads as security. Templates saved by older CIPP versions are normalised to these values when the list is built, so an older template still reports a recognisable type.

Table Actions

Action	Description	Bulk Action Available
Edit Template	Opens the Edit Group Template page for the selected template.
Save to GitHub	Uploads the template to one of your GitHub repositories, prompting for the repository and a commit message. Only repositories you have write access to are offered. Greyed out unless the GitHub integration is enabled.
Delete Template	Deletes the template from CIPP. Groups already created from it are unaffected.
More Info	Opens the Extended Info flyout with the full details for the selected row.

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