Create a Project Site Template With a Custom Group of Non PWA Licensed Users

Problem: I want to add users who are external to Project Online to project sites but I don’t want to have to manually add them to every single site I create.

Solution: Create a project site template that includes a custom group with your users.

  1. Create a new project and project site
  2. Navigate to the Project Site
  3. Using the gear in the upper right, select Site Settings
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  5. Under Site Settings, click Site Permissions
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  7. In the ribbon at the top, click Create Group
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  9. At the top, give your group a name and select appropriate options (I named mine ‘External Users’)
  10. Set the permissions for the group at the bottom and then click Create
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  12. It opens the group and you can click Add User to add all the members to your group
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  14. Once you’ve added all the users, click Home from the menu on the left
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  16. Click on the gear in the upper right and select Site Settings (as shown in step 4 above)
  17. Click Save Site as Template
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  19. Once the template has been saved simply add it to your Enterprise Project Type and all new projects will have the group attached

 

 

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