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Is Scheduled Publishing Available for SharePoint Subsites?
Question details
The user needs to know if they can schedule the publication of entire subsites in SharePoint Online and what alternative scheduling options exist.
- Product
- SharePoint Online
- Device & OS
- not provided
- Scenario
- Planning future content rollouts and attempting to schedule publication times for an entire subsite in SharePoint.
- Observed behavior
- SharePoint Online does not natively support scheduled publishing for entire subsites, though it does allow scheduling for individual pages and news posts.
Ensure you are working within a Communication Site or Hub Site, and that you have Site Owner or Site Designer permissions to manage scheduling settings.
Schedule Individual Pages or News Posts
Since SharePoint does not support scheduling for entire subsites, use the built-in scheduling feature for individual pages and news posts instead.
While you cannot set a go-live date for an entire subsite, you can meticulously plan your content rollout by scheduling individual pages and news posts in your Communication Sites and Hub Sites.
To do this, the scheduling feature must first be enabled at the site level by a site owner.
Navigate to your Site Pages library, click the Settings gear icon, select 'Scheduling', and toggle the 'Enable scheduling' switch to On.
Open the specific SharePoint page or news post you want to schedule and click the 'Edit' button in the top right corner.
Click 'Page details' on the top command bar. In the Page details pane, toggle the scheduling option on, and use the calendar and time dropdowns to select exactly when the page should go live.
Once the date and time are set, click the 'Schedule' button at the top right of the page. The page will automatically publish and become visible to visitors at your chosen time.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I schedule a document to be published in a SharePoint library?
SharePoint does not have a native 'schedule publish' button for standard documents. However, you can use Power Automate (formerly Microsoft Flow) to build a workflow that changes a document's permissions or moves it from a hidden folder to a public folder at a scheduled date and time.
Which types of SharePoint sites support scheduled page publishing?
Scheduled publishing for pages and news posts is natively supported in modern Communication Sites and Hub Sites. It may not be available in classic team sites.
How do I cancel a scheduled publication for a page in SharePoint?
To cancel it, go to the scheduled page and click Edit. Open the Page details pane, toggle off the scheduling switch, and save your changes. The page will return to a Draft state and will not automatically publish.
