diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_certificates.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_certificates.py
index d6d52cbba1..e2a1f096c4 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_certificates.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_certificates.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from course_modes.tests.factories import CourseModeFactory
 from contentstore.views.certificates import CertificateManager
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from contentstore.utils import get_lms_link_for_certificate_web_view
-from util.testing import EventTestMixin
+from util.testing import EventTestMixin, UrlResetMixin
 
 FEATURES_WITH_CERTS_ENABLED = settings.FEATURES.copy()
 FEATURES_WITH_CERTS_ENABLED['CERTIFICATES_HTML_VIEW'] = True
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ class CertificatesBaseTestCase(object):
 
 @ddt.ddt
 @override_settings(FEATURES=FEATURES_WITH_CERTS_ENABLED)
-class CertificatesListHandlerTestCase(EventTestMixin, CourseTestCase, CertificatesBaseTestCase, HelperMethods):
+class CertificatesListHandlerTestCase(
+        EventTestMixin, CourseTestCase, CertificatesBaseTestCase, HelperMethods, UrlResetMixin):
     """
     Test cases for certificates_list_handler.
     """
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ class CertificatesListHandlerTestCase(EventTestMixin, CourseTestCase, Certificat
         Set up CertificatesListHandlerTestCase.
         """
         super(CertificatesListHandlerTestCase, self).setUp('contentstore.views.certificates.tracker')
+        self.reset_urls()
 
     def _url(self):
         """
@@ -420,7 +422,8 @@ class CertificatesListHandlerTestCase(EventTestMixin, CourseTestCase, Certificat
 
 @ddt.ddt
 @override_settings(FEATURES=FEATURES_WITH_CERTS_ENABLED)
-class CertificatesDetailHandlerTestCase(EventTestMixin, CourseTestCase, CertificatesBaseTestCase, HelperMethods):
+class CertificatesDetailHandlerTestCase(
+        EventTestMixin, CourseTestCase, CertificatesBaseTestCase, HelperMethods, UrlResetMixin):
     """
     Test cases for CertificatesDetailHandlerTestCase.
     """
@@ -432,6 +435,7 @@ class CertificatesDetailHandlerTestCase(EventTestMixin, CourseTestCase, Certific
         Set up CertificatesDetailHandlerTestCase.
         """
         super(CertificatesDetailHandlerTestCase, self).setUp('contentstore.views.certificates.tracker')
+        self.reset_urls()
 
     def _url(self, cid=-1):
         """
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_header_menu.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_header_menu.py
index c27048452a..a854e33d6e 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_header_menu.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_header_menu.py
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
 from contentstore.tests.utils import CourseTestCase
 from contentstore.utils import reverse_course_url
+from util.testing import UrlResetMixin
 
 FEATURES_WITH_CERTS_ENABLED = settings.FEATURES.copy()
 FEATURES_WITH_CERTS_ENABLED['CERTIFICATES_HTML_VIEW'] = True
 
 
 @override_settings(FEATURES=FEATURES_WITH_CERTS_ENABLED)
-class TestHeaderMenu(CourseTestCase):
+class TestHeaderMenu(CourseTestCase, UrlResetMixin):
     """
     Unit tests for the course header menu.
     """
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ class TestHeaderMenu(CourseTestCase):
         Set up the for the course header menu tests.
         """
         super(TestHeaderMenu, self).setUp()
+        self.reset_urls()
 
     def test_header_menu_without_web_certs_enabled(self):
         """
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/__init__.py b/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/tests.py b/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..696c703020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+"""
+Tests for the maintenance app views.
+"""
+import ddt
+import json
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+
+from xmodule.modulestore import ModuleStoreEnum
+from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory, ItemFactory
+
+
+from contentstore.management.commands.utils import get_course_versions
+from student.tests.factories import AdminFactory, UserFactory
+
+from .views import COURSE_KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES, MAINTENANCE_VIEWS
+
+
+# This list contains URLs of all maintenance app views.
+MAINTENANCE_URLS = [reverse(view['url']) for view in MAINTENANCE_VIEWS.values()]
+
+
+class TestMaintenanceIndex(ModuleStoreTestCase):
+    """
+    Tests for maintenance index view.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestMaintenanceIndex, self).setUp()
+        self.user = AdminFactory()
+        login_success = self.client.login(username=self.user.username, password='test')
+        self.assertTrue(login_success)
+        self.view_url = reverse('maintenance:maintenance_index')
+
+    def test_maintenance_index(self):
+        """
+        Test that maintenance index view lists all the maintenance app views.
+        """
+        response = self.client.get(self.view_url)
+        self.assertContains(response, 'Maintenance', status_code=200)
+
+        # Check that all the expected links appear on the index page.
+        for url in MAINTENANCE_URLS:
+            self.assertContains(response, url, status_code=200)
+
+
+@ddt.ddt
+class MaintenanceViewTestCase(ModuleStoreTestCase):
+    """
+    Base class for maintenance view tests.
+    """
+    view_url = ''
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(MaintenanceViewTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.user = AdminFactory()
+        login_success = self.client.login(username=self.user.username, password='test')
+        self.assertTrue(login_success)
+
+    def verify_error_message(self, data, error_message):
+        """
+        Verify the response contains error message.
+        """
+        response = self.client.post(self.view_url, data=data, HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest')
+        self.assertContains(response, error_message, status_code=200)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        """
+        Reverse the setup.
+        """
+        self.client.logout()
+        super(MaintenanceViewTestCase, self).tearDown()
+
+
+@ddt.ddt
+class MaintenanceViewAccessTests(MaintenanceViewTestCase):
+    """
+    Tests for access control of maintenance views.
+    """
+    @ddt.data(MAINTENANCE_URLS)
+    @ddt.unpack
+    def test_require_login(self, url):
+        """
+        Test that maintenance app requires user login.
+        """
+        # Log out then try to retrieve the page
+        self.client.logout()
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+
+        # Expect a redirect to the login page
+        redirect_url = '{login_url}?next={original_url}'.format(
+            login_url=reverse('login'),
+            original_url=url,
+        )
+
+        self.assertRedirects(response, redirect_url)
+
+    @ddt.data(MAINTENANCE_URLS)
+    @ddt.unpack
+    def test_global_staff_access(self, url):
+        """
+        Test that all maintenance app views are accessible to global staff user.
+        """
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+    @ddt.data(MAINTENANCE_URLS)
+    @ddt.unpack
+    def test_non_global_staff_access(self, url):
+        """
+        Test that all maintenance app views are not accessible to non-global-staff user.
+        """
+        user = UserFactory(username='test', email='test@example.com', password='test')
+        login_success = self.client.login(username=user.username, password='test')
+        self.assertTrue(login_success)
+
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertContains(
+            response,
+            'Must be {platform_name} staff to perform this action.'.format(platform_name=settings.PLATFORM_NAME),
+            status_code=403
+        )
+
+
+@ddt.ddt
+class TestForcePublish(MaintenanceViewTestCase):
+    """
+    Tests for the force publish view.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestForcePublish, self).setUp()
+        self.view_url = reverse('maintenance:force_publish_course')
+
+    def setup_test_course(self):
+        """
+        Creates the course and add some changes to it.
+
+        Returns:
+            course: a course object
+        """
+        course = CourseFactory.create(default_store=ModuleStoreEnum.Type.split)
+        # Add some changes to course
+        chapter = ItemFactory.create(category='chapter', parent_location=course.location)
+        self.store.create_child(
+            self.user.id,  # pylint: disable=no-member
+            chapter.location,
+            'html',
+            block_id='html_component'
+        )
+        # verify that course has changes.
+        self.assertTrue(self.store.has_changes(self.store.get_item(course.location)))
+        return course
+
+    @ddt.data(
+        ('', COURSE_KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES['empty_course_key']),
+        ('edx', COURSE_KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES['invalid_course_key']),
+        ('course-v1:e+d+X', COURSE_KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES['course_key_not_found']),
+    )
+    @ddt.unpack
+    def test_invalid_course_key_messages(self, course_key, error_message):
+        """
+        Test all error messages for invalid course keys.
+        """
+        # validate that course key contains error message
+        self.verify_error_message(
+            data={'course-id': course_key},
+            error_message=error_message
+        )
+
+    def test_mongo_course(self):
+        """
+        Test that we get a error message on old mongo courses.
+        """
+        # validate non split error message
+        course = CourseFactory.create(default_store=ModuleStoreEnum.Type.mongo)
+        self.verify_error_message(
+            data={'course-id': unicode(course.id)},
+            error_message='Force publishing course is not supported with old mongo courses.'
+        )
+
+    def test_already_published(self):
+        """
+        Test that when a course is forcefully publish, we get a 'course is already published' message.
+        """
+        course = self.setup_test_course()
+
+        # publish the course
+        source_store = modulestore()._get_modulestore_for_courselike(course.id)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        source_store.force_publish_course(course.id, self.user.id, commit=True)  # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+        # now course is published, we should get `already published course` error.
+        self.verify_error_message(
+            data={'course-id': unicode(course.id)},
+            error_message='Course is already in published state.'
+        )
+
+    def verify_versions_are_different(self, course):
+        """
+        Verify draft and published versions point to different locations.
+
+        Arguments:
+            course (object): a course object.
+        """
+        # get draft and publish branch versions
+        versions = get_course_versions(unicode(course.id))
+
+        # verify that draft and publish point to different versions
+        self.assertNotEqual(versions['draft-branch'], versions['published-branch'])
+
+    def get_force_publish_course_response(self, course):
+        """
+        Get force publish the course response.
+
+        Arguments:
+            course (object): a course object.
+
+        Returns:
+            response : response from force publish post view.
+        """
+        # Verify versions point to different locations initially
+        self.verify_versions_are_different(course)
+
+        # force publish course view
+        data = {
+            'course-id': unicode(course.id)
+        }
+        response = self.client.post(self.view_url, data=data, HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest')
+        response_data = json.loads(response.content)
+        return response_data
+
+    def test_force_publish_dry_run(self):
+        """
+        Test that dry run does not publishes the course but shows possible outcome if force published is executed.
+        """
+        course = self.setup_test_course()
+        response = self.get_force_publish_course_response(course)
+
+        self.assertIn('current_versions', response)
+
+        # verify that course still has changes as we just dry ran force publish course.
+        self.assertTrue(self.store.has_changes(self.store.get_item(course.location)))
+
+        # verify that both branch versions are still different
+        self.verify_versions_are_different(course)
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/urls.py b/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99ee2bc40d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+"""
+URLs for the maintenance app.
+"""
+from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+
+from .views import MaintenanceIndexView, ForcePublishCourseView
+
+
+urlpatterns = patterns(
+    '',
+    url(r'^$', MaintenanceIndexView.as_view(), name='maintenance_index'),
+    url(r'^force_publish_course/?$', ForcePublishCourseView.as_view(), name='force_publish_course'),
+)
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/views.py b/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b370d4bc5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/maintenance/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+"""
+Views for the maintenance app.
+"""
+import logging
+from django.db import transaction
+from django.core.validators import ValidationError
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.views.generic import View
+
+from edxmako.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
+from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
+from xmodule.modulestore import ModuleStoreEnum
+from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
+from xmodule.modulestore.exceptions import ItemNotFoundError
+
+from contentstore.management.commands.utils import get_course_versions
+from util.json_request import JsonResponse
+from util.views import require_global_staff
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# This dict maintains all the views that will be used Maintenance app.
+MAINTENANCE_VIEWS = {
+    'force_publish_course': {
+        'url': 'maintenance:force_publish_course',
+        'name': _('Force Publish Course'),
+        'slug': 'force_publish_course',
+        'description': _(
+            'Sometimes the draft and published branches of a course can get out of sync. Force publish course command '
+            'resets the published branch of a course to point to the draft branch, effectively force publishing the '
+            'course. This view dry runs the force publish command'
+        ),
+    },
+}
+
+
+COURSE_KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES = {
+    'empty_course_key': _('Please provide course id.'),
+    'invalid_course_key': _('Invalid course key.'),
+    'course_key_not_found': _('No matching course found.')
+}
+
+
+class MaintenanceIndexView(View):
+    """
+    Index view for maintenance dashboard, used by global staff.
+
+    This view lists some commands/tasks that can be used to dry run or execute directly.
+    """
+
+    @method_decorator(require_global_staff)
+    def get(self, request):
+        """Render the maintenance index view. """
+        return render_to_response('maintenance/index.html', {
+            'views': MAINTENANCE_VIEWS,
+        })
+
+
+class MaintenanceBaseView(View):
+    """
+    Base class for Maintenance views.
+    """
+
+    template = 'maintenance/container.html'
+
+    def __init__(self, view=None):
+        self.context = {
+            'view': view if view else '',
+            'form_data': {},
+            'error': False,
+            'msg': ''
+        }
+
+    def render_response(self):
+        """
+        A short method to render_to_response that renders response.
+        """
+        if self.request.is_ajax():
+            return JsonResponse(self.context)
+        return render_to_response(self.template, self.context)
+
+    @method_decorator(require_global_staff)
+    def get(self, request):
+        """
+        Render get view.
+        """
+        return self.render_response()
+
+    def validate_course_key(self, course_key, branch=ModuleStoreEnum.BranchName.draft):
+        """
+        Validates the course_key that would be used by maintenance app views.
+
+        Arguments:
+            course_key (string): a course key
+            branch: a course locator branch, default value is ModuleStoreEnum.BranchName.draft .
+                    values can be either ModuleStoreEnum.BranchName.draft or ModuleStoreEnum.BranchName.published.
+
+        Returns:
+            course_usage_key (CourseLocator): course usage locator
+        """
+        if not course_key:
+            raise ValidationError(COURSE_KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES['empty_course_key'])
+
+        course_usage_key = CourseKey.from_string(course_key)
+
+        if not modulestore().has_course(course_usage_key):
+            raise ItemNotFoundError(COURSE_KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES['course_key_not_found'])
+
+        # get branch specific locator
+        course_usage_key = course_usage_key.for_branch(branch)
+
+        return course_usage_key
+
+
+class ForcePublishCourseView(MaintenanceBaseView):
+    """
+    View for force publishing state of the course, used by the global staff.
+
+    This view uses `force_publish_course` method of modulestore which publishes the draft state of the course. After
+    the course has been forced published, both draft and publish draft point to same location.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(ForcePublishCourseView, self).__init__(MAINTENANCE_VIEWS['force_publish_course'])
+        self.context.update({
+            'current_versions': [],
+            'updated_versions': [],
+            'form_data': {
+                'course_id': '',
+                'is_dry_run': True
+            }
+        })
+
+    def get_course_branch_versions(self, versions):
+        """
+        Returns a dict containing unicoded values of draft and published draft versions.
+        """
+        return {
+            'draft-branch': unicode(versions['draft-branch']),
+            'published-branch': unicode(versions['published-branch'])
+        }
+
+    @transaction.atomic
+    @method_decorator(require_global_staff)
+    def post(self, request):
+        """
+        This method force publishes a course if dry-run argument is not selected. If dry-run is selected, this view
+        shows possible outcome if the `force_publish_course` modulestore method is executed.
+
+        Arguments:
+            course_id (string): a request parameter containing course id
+            is_dry_run (string): a request parameter containing dry run value.
+                                 It is obtained from checkbox so it has either values 'on' or ''.
+        """
+        course_id = request.POST.get('course-id')
+
+        self.context.update({
+            'form_data': {
+                'course_id': course_id
+            }
+        })
+
+        try:
+            course_usage_key = self.validate_course_key(course_id)
+        except InvalidKeyError:
+            self.context['error'] = True
+            self.context['msg'] = COURSE_KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES['invalid_course_key']
+        except ItemNotFoundError as exc:
+            self.context['error'] = True
+            self.context['msg'] = exc.message
+        except ValidationError as exc:
+            self.context['error'] = True
+            self.context['msg'] = exc.message
+
+        if self.context['error']:
+            return self.render_response()
+
+        source_store = modulestore()._get_modulestore_for_courselike(course_usage_key)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        if not hasattr(source_store, 'force_publish_course'):
+            self.context['msg'] = _('Force publishing course is not supported with old mongo courses.')
+            log.warning(
+                'Force publishing course is not supported with old mongo courses. \
+                %s attempted to force publish the course %s.',
+                request.user,
+                course_id,
+                exc_info=True
+            )
+            return self.render_response()
+
+        current_versions = self.get_course_branch_versions(get_course_versions(course_id))
+
+        # if publish and draft are NOT different
+        if current_versions['published-branch'] == current_versions['draft-branch']:
+            self.context['msg'] = _('Course is already in published state.')
+            log.warning(
+                'Course is already in published state. %s attempted to force publish the course %s.',
+                request.user,
+                course_id,
+                exc_info=True
+            )
+            return self.render_response()
+
+        self.context['current_versions'] = current_versions
+        log.info(
+            '%s dry ran force publish the course %s.',
+            request.user,
+            course_id,
+            exc_info=True
+        )
+        return self.render_response()
diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 20efab36b0..9b5da06e77 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -827,6 +827,9 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'openedx.core.djangoapps.coursetalk',  # not used in cms (yet), but tests run
     'xblock_config',
 
+    # Maintenance tools
+    'maintenance',
+
     # Tracking
     'track',
     'eventtracking.django.apps.EventTrackingConfig',
diff --git a/cms/static/js/maintenance/force_publish_course.js b/cms/static/js/maintenance/force_publish_course.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1d0209774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/js/maintenance/force_publish_course.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+define([ // jshint ignore:line
+    'jquery',
+    'underscore',
+    'gettext',
+    'common/js/components/utils/view_utils',
+    'edx-ui-toolkit/js/utils/string-utils',
+    "edx-ui-toolkit/js/utils/html-utils",
+    'text!templates/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore'
+],
+function($, _, gettext, ViewUtils, StringUtils, HtmlUtils, ForcePublishedTemplate) {
+    'use strict';
+    return function (maintenanceViewURL) {
+
+        // Reset values
+        $('#reset-button').click(function (e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            $('#course-id').val('');
+            $('#dry-run').prop('checked', true);
+            // clear out result container
+            $('#result-container').html('');
+        });
+
+        var showError = function(containerElSelector, error){
+            var errorWrapperElSelector = containerElSelector + ' .wrapper-error';
+            var errorHtml = '<div class="error" aria-live="polite" id="course-id-error">' + error + '</div>';
+            HtmlUtils.setHtml(
+                $(errorWrapperElSelector),
+                HtmlUtils.HTML(errorHtml)
+            );
+            $(errorWrapperElSelector).css('display', 'inline-block');
+            $(errorWrapperElSelector).fadeOut(5000);
+        };
+
+        $('form#force_publish').submit(function(event) {
+
+            event.preventDefault();
+
+            // clear out result container
+            $('#result-container').html('');
+
+            var submitButton = $('#submit_force_publish'),
+                deferred = new $.Deferred(),
+                promise = deferred.promise();
+            ViewUtils.disableElementWhileRunning(submitButton, function() { return promise; });
+
+            var data = $('#force_publish').serialize();
+
+            $.ajax({
+                type:'POST',
+                url: maintenanceViewURL,
+                dataType: 'json',
+                data: data,
+            })
+            .done(function(response) {
+                if(response.error){
+                    showError('#course-id-container', response.msg);
+                }
+                else {
+                    if(response.msg) {
+                        showError('#result-error', response.msg);
+                    }
+                    else{
+                        var attrs = $.extend({}, response, {StringUtils: StringUtils});
+                        HtmlUtils.setHtml(
+                            $('#result-container'),
+                            HtmlUtils.template(ForcePublishedTemplate)(attrs)
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+            .fail(function(response) {  // jshint ignore:line
+                // response.responseText here because it would show some strange output, it may output Traceback
+                // sometimes if unexpected issue arises. Better to show just internal error when getting 500 error.
+                showError('#result-error', gettext('Internal Server Error.'));
+            })
+            .always(function(response) { // jshint ignore:line
+                deferred.resolve();
+            });
+        });
+    };
+});
+
diff --git a/cms/static/sass/_build-v1.scss b/cms/static/sass/_build-v1.scss
index e65d9ee191..8df2eae508 100644
--- a/cms/static/sass/_build-v1.scss
+++ b/cms/static/sass/_build-v1.scss
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 @import 'views/group-configuration';
 @import 'views/video-upload';
 @import 'views/certificates';
+@import 'views/maintenance';
 
 // +Base - Contexts
 // ====================
diff --git a/cms/static/sass/views/_maintenance.scss b/cms/static/sass/views/_maintenance.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f18be8246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/sass/views/_maintenance.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+.maintenance-header {
+    text-align: center;
+    margin-top: 50px;
+
+    h2 {
+      margin-bottom: 10px;
+    }
+}
+.maintenance-content {
+  padding: 3rem 0;
+  .maintenance-list {
+    max-width: 1280px;
+    margin: 0 auto;
+    .view-list-container {
+      padding: 10px 15px;
+      background-color: #fff;
+      border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
+      &:hover {
+        background-color: #fafafa;
+      }
+      .view-name {
+        display: inline-block;
+        width: 20%;
+        float: left;
+      }
+      .view-desc {
+        display: inline-block;
+        width: 80%;
+      font-size: 15px;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  .maintenance-form {
+    width: 60%;
+    margin: auto;
+    .result-list {
+      height: calc(100vh - 200px);
+      overflow: auto;
+    }
+    .result{
+      box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+      margin-top: 15px;
+      padding: 15px 30px;
+      background: #f9f9f9;
+    }
+    li {
+      font-size: 13px;
+      line-height: 9px;
+    }
+    .actions {
+      text-align: right;
+    }
+    .field-radio div {
+      display: inline-block;
+      margin-right: 10px;
+    }
+    div.error {
+      color: #F00;
+      margin-top: 10px;
+      font-size: 13px;
+    }
+    div.head-output {
+      font-size: 13px;
+      margin-bottom: 10px;
+    }
+    div.main-output {
+      color: #0A0;
+      font-size: 15px;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore b/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d77059ca53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<div class="result">
+    <div class="head-output">
+        <%- gettext('You have done a dry run of force publishing the course. Nothing has changed. Had you run it, the following course versions would have been change.') %>
+    </div>
+    <div class="main-output">
+        <%= StringUtils.interpolate(
+            gettext('The published branch version, {published}, was reset to the draft branch version, {draft}.'),
+            {
+                published: current_versions['published-branch'],
+                draft: current_versions['draft-branch']
+            })
+        %>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/cms/templates/maintenance/_force_publish_course.html b/cms/templates/maintenance/_force_publish_course.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8066e1e40a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/templates/maintenance/_force_publish_course.html
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<%page expression_filter="h"/>
+<%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
+<%!
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
+%>
+<div id="force-published-form" class="wrap-instructor-info studio-view maintenance-form">
+    <form id="force_publish" class="form-create" method="post">
+        <input type="hidden" name="csrfmiddlewaretoken" value="${csrf_token}"/>
+        <div class="wrapper-form">
+            <fieldset>
+                <legend class="sr">${_("Required data to force publish course.")}</legend>
+                <div class="list-input">
+                    <div id="course-id-container" class="field text required">
+                        <label for="course-id">${_('Course ID')}</label>
+                        <input id="course-id" type="text" name="course-id" aria-describedby="course-id-desc" required />
+                        <div id="course-id-desc" class="tip tip-stacked">${_('course-v1:edX+DemoX+Demo_Course')}</div>
+                        <div class="wrapper-error"></div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </fieldset>
+        </div>
+        <div class="actions">
+            <button type="submit" id="submit_force_publish" class="action action-primary">${_('Force Publish Course')}
+            </button>
+            <button id="reset-button" class="action action-secondary action-cancel"
+               aria-describedby="reset-values-desc">${_('Reset')}</button>
+            <span id="reset-values-desc" class="is-hidden">${_('Reset values')}</span>
+        </div>
+    </form>
+    <div id="result-error"><div class="wrapper-error"></div></div>
+    <div id="result-container" class="result-container"></div>
+</div>
diff --git a/cms/templates/maintenance/base.html b/cms/templates/maintenance/base.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0691063c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/templates/maintenance/base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<%page expression_filter="h"/>
+<%inherit file="../base.html" />
+<%def name='online_help_token()'><% return 'maintenance' %></%def>
+<%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
+<%!
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+%>
+<%block name="content">
+<div class="wrapper-content wrapper">
+    <div class="maintenance-header">
+        <h2>
+            <a href="${reverse('maintenance:maintenance_index')}">
+                <span>${_('Maintenance Dashboard')}</span>
+            </a>
+        </h2>
+        <%block name="viewtitle">
+    </%block>
+</div>
+<%block name="viewcontent"></%block>
+</%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/maintenance/container.html b/cms/templates/maintenance/container.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b6d22dc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/templates/maintenance/container.html
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<%page expression_filter="h"/>
+<%inherit file="base.html" />
+<%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
+<%!
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from openedx.core.djangolib.js_utils import js_escaped_string
+%>
+<%block name="title">${view['name']}</%block>
+<%block name="viewtitle">
+<h3 class="info-course">
+    <span>${view['name']}</span>
+</h3>
+</%block>
+
+<%block name="js_extra">
+   <script src="${static.url('js/maintenance/force_publish.js')}"></script>
+</%block>
+
+<%block name="viewcontent">
+<section class="container maintenance-content">
+    <%include file="_${view['slug']}.html"/>
+    <%block name="requirejs">
+      require(["js/maintenance/${view['slug'] | n, js_escaped_string}"], function(MaintenanceFactory) {
+          MaintenanceFactory("${reverse(view['url']) | n, js_escaped_string}");
+      });
+    </%block>
+</section>
+</%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/maintenance/index.html b/cms/templates/maintenance/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1f3224fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/templates/maintenance/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<%page expression_filter="h"/>
+<%inherit file="base.html" />
+<%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
+<%!
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+%>
+<%block name="title">${_('Maintenance Dashboard')}</%block>
+<%block name="viewcontent">
+<div class="container maintenance-content">
+    <ul class="maintenance-list">
+        % for view in views.values():
+        <li class="view-list-container">
+            <a class="view-name" href='${reverse(view["url"])}'>${view['name']}</a>
+            <span class="view-desc">${view['description']}</span>
+        </li>
+        % endfor
+    </ul>
+</div>
+</%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/user_dropdown.html b/cms/templates/widgets/user_dropdown.html
index bebc2e21d0..d118a25c18 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/user_dropdown.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/user_dropdown.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   from django.conf import settings
   from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
   from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+  from student.roles import GlobalStaff
 %>
 
 % if uses_pattern_library:
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@
         <li class="nav-item nav-account-dashboard">
           <a href="/">${_("{studio_name} Home").format(studio_name=settings.STUDIO_SHORT_NAME)}</a>
         </li>
+        % if GlobalStaff().has_user(user):
+        <li class="nav-item">
+          <a href="${reverse('maintenance:maintenance_index')}">${_("Maintenance")}</a>
+        </li>
+        % endif
         <li class="nav-item nav-account-signout">
           <a class="action action-signout" href="${reverse('logout')}">${_("Sign Out")}</a>
         </li>
diff --git a/cms/urls.py b/cms/urls.py
index dcab9cf6c3..d539456efd 100644
--- a/cms/urls.py
+++ b/cms/urls.py
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ if settings.FEATURES.get('CERTIFICATES_HTML_VIEW'):
             'contentstore.views.certificates.certificates_list_handler')
     )
 
+# Maintenance Dashboard
+urlpatterns += patterns(
+    '',
+    url(r'^maintenance/', include('maintenance.urls', namespace='maintenance')),
+)
+
 urlpatterns += (
     # These views use a configuration model to determine whether or not to
     # display the Programs authoring app. If disabled, a 404 is returned.
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/util/views.py b/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
index 86a73fc161..1c3e9fe1f9 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import sys
 from functools import wraps
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.core.cache import caches
 from django.core.validators import ValidationError, validate_email
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import requires_csrf_token
 from django.views.defaults import server_error
 from django.http import (Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseNotAllowed,
-                         HttpResponseServerError)
+                         HttpResponseServerError, HttpResponseForbidden)
 import dogstats_wrapper as dog_stats_api
 from edxmako.shortcuts import render_to_response
 import zendesk
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ import track.views
 from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
 
+from student.roles import GlobalStaff
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -44,6 +47,21 @@ def ensure_valid_course_key(view_func):
     return inner
 
 
+def require_global_staff(func):
+    """View decorator that requires that the user have global staff permissions. """
+    @wraps(func)
+    def wrapped(request, *args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=missing-docstring
+        if GlobalStaff().has_user(request.user):
+            return func(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        else:
+            return HttpResponseForbidden(
+                u"Must be {platform_name} staff to perform this action.".format(
+                    platform_name=settings.PLATFORM_NAME
+                )
+            )
+    return login_required(wrapped)
+
+
 @requires_csrf_token
 def jsonable_server_error(request, template_name='500.html'):
     """
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
index 9f3b8ea674..ea870713f5 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from util.file import (
     FileValidationException, UniversalNewlineIterator
 )
 from util.json_request import JsonResponse, JsonResponseBadRequest
+from util.views import require_global_staff
 from instructor.views.instructor_task_helpers import extract_email_features, extract_task_features
 
 from microsite_configuration import microsite
@@ -207,20 +208,6 @@ def require_level(level):
     return decorator
 
 
-def require_global_staff(func):
-    """View decorator that requires that the user have global staff permissions. """
-    def wrapped(request, *args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=missing-docstring
-        if GlobalStaff().has_user(request.user):
-            return func(request, *args, **kwargs)
-        else:
-            return HttpResponseForbidden(
-                u"Must be {platform_name} staff to perform this action.".format(
-                    platform_name=theming_helpers.get_value('PLATFORM_NAME', settings.PLATFORM_NAME)
-                )
-            )
-    return wrapped
-
-
 def require_sales_admin(func):
     """
     Decorator for checking sales administrator access before executing an HTTP endpoint. This decorator