Templates

Understanding Standards

This page is a reference to the features of the Standards Templates page in CIPP. To better understand Standards and Drift, please see the main page for ...

This page lists every Standards and Drift template you have built. A template is a named set of standards together with the tenants it applies to, and it is the unit CIPP schedules, runs, and reports against.

For a list of the standards you can configure inside a template, see Available Standards.

Action Buttons

Add Template and Create Drift Template will open Add Standards Template with the settings available for the respective template type.

Browse Catalog

Opens the policy catalogue, where you can import a prebuilt standards template rather than assembling one yourself.

If you are upgrading from a version of CIPP that predates templates, a Convert Legacy Standards prompt appears above the table whenever legacy standards are detected. Converting creates a new template for each standard you had, with the schedule disabled. Check each new template is correct before re-enabling its schedule.

Table Details

Column	Description
Template Name	The name you set when creating the template.
Type	Whether this is a Standards template or a Drift template.
Tenant	The tenant, tenants, or tenant groups the template applies to.
Excluded Tenants	Tenants excluded from an All Tenants template.
Updated At	How long ago the template was last changed.
Updated By	The CIPP user who last changed the template.
Run Manually	Whether the template is set to run only on demand. Ticked means it will not run on the schedule.
Standards	The standards contained in the template.

Table Actions

Bulk Action Available

Action	Description	Bulk Action Available
View Tenant Report	Opens the applied standards report, comparing the template against the settings discovered for the selected tenant.
Edit Template	Opens the template configuration page.
Clone & Edit Template	Copies the template and opens the copy for editing, so you can adjust it before saving it as a new template.
Create Drift Clone	Creates a new Drift template based on this template, so an existing Standards template can be reused for monitoring.
Run Template Now	Forces a run outside the schedule. You are asked which tenants to run against, and only tenants and groups assigned to the template are offered.
Set Schedule	Switches the template between running on the schedule and running manually only. Not available on Drift templates, which always run on the schedule.
Save to GitHub	Commits the template to a repository, with a commit message of your choosing. Only shown when the GitHub integration is enabled.
Delete Template	Deletes the template.

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