Change Site Template Status or Audience

The site template audience tab shows the status of the site template (whether the site template is available for use when creating sites) and who can use the site template to create sites.

You see the site template audience tab only if site governance is enabled and you are a site administrator. See Understand Site Governance.

To view or change site template audience:

1. Click Developer and then click View All Templates.
2. Select the site template, and choose Details in the right-click menu or click in the actions bar.
3. Select the Audience tab.
4. To change the site template status, click the status switch. You must make the site template active for users to create sites from the site template. By default, when you make activate a site template, it's available to all site creators. If you want to change who can use the site template, change the setting on this tab.
5. Select who can use this site template to create sites.
   • Specific people—Only selected people can use this site template to create sites. Start entering the name or email of the person or group you want to be able to use this site template, then select the person or group from the search results. To remove a person or group, click the X next to their name.
   • Everyone—Anyone who can create sites can use this site template.
6. When you're done, click Save.