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# Posture Templates

A Posture Template is a reusable bundle of target security settings — for example, "require MFA for all users," "block legacy authentication," and "disable self-service password reset for admins" grouped together — that you can apply to a tenant in one action instead of changing each setting by hand. Templates work with both [Compliance Audit](/modules/secure/security-posture/compliance-audit.md) and the legacy [Audit](/modules/secure/security-posture/audit-legacy.md) tool.

## Default vs. custom templates

Augmentt provides ready-made **Default templates** (including one aligned to the Augmentt Quick Baseline assessment) that bundle a sensible set of hardening settings. You can also build a **custom template** from scratch, or copy and adjust a default one, if you want a different set of settings or different target values for a specific client.

## Creating and customizing a template

When you create or edit a template, you pick which checks it covers and, for each one, the target value you want enforced (for example, a minimum password length, or a list of allowed authentication methods). Only checks that Augmentt can configure directly are available to add to a template — informational or instructions-only checks (see [Compliance Audit](/modules/secure/security-posture/compliance-audit.md)) aren't part of a template, since there's nothing for Augmentt to push automatically.

## Applying a template

Applying a template to a tenant pushes every setting in the bundle to that tenant in one action, rather than remediating checks one at a time from Protect. You can apply the same template across multiple tenants, which is the main time-saver for MSPs standardizing a baseline across their client base.

{% hint style="info" %}
Changes made by a template can take a little time to reflect back in Audit results — Microsoft's Graph API doesn't always return updated settings instantly, so don't be surprised if a check still shows non-compliant for a few minutes after you apply a template that should have fixed it.
{% endhint %}

## Troubleshooting

* **A setting doesn't seem to apply** — give it a few minutes and re-check; most delays are Microsoft-side propagation, not a failure of the template.
* **Permission errors when applying** — Augmentt needs the appropriate GDAP (Granular Delegated Admin Privileges) role for the settings a template is trying to change. If a template partially applies or errors out, confirm the tenant's GDAP relationship grants the roles the failing settings require.

{% hint style="info" %}
See [Default Posture Templates](/modules/secure/security-posture/posture-templates/default-posture-templates.md) for the full list of Augmentt's built-in templates, their exact bundled settings, and which compliance framework each aligns to.
{% endhint %}


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