Planning and configuring Teams templates

Microsoft provides several Microsoft Teams templates for different kinds of organizations. Currently, these templates are only accessed by using the Microsoft Graph API for creating teams, located at https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('<templateName>. When creating a team using a template, you provide the JSON representation of the team and any associated settings in a programmatic fashion and submit it via an HTTP POST call.

For example, the following template can be used to create a team using the standard template with channels named Announcements and Training:

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams
Content-Type: application/json
{
    "template@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('standard')",
    "visibility": "Private",
    "displayName": "Sample Team",
    "description": "This is a sample team that configures multiple tabs and properties.",
    "channels": [
        {
            "displayName": "Announcements",
            "isFavoriteByDefault": true,
            "description": "This Announcements channel is favorited by default."
        },
        {
            "displayName": "Training",
            "isFavoriteByDefault": true,
            "description": "This Training channel is favorited by default and contains an example of pinned website and YouTube tabs.",
            "tabs": [
                {
                    "teamsApp@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.web')",
                    "name": "A Pinned Website",
                    "configuration": {
                        "contentUrl": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/microsoft-teams"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "teamsApp@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.youtube')",
                    "name": "A Pinned YouTube Video",
                    "configuration": {
                        "contentUrl": "https://tabs.teams.microsoft.com/Youtube/Home/YoutubeTab?videoId=X8krAMdGvCQ",
                        "websiteUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8krAMdGvCQ"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
    ],
    "memberSettings": {
        "allowCreateUpdateChannels": true,
        "allowDeleteChannels": true,
        "allowAddRemoveApps": true,
        "allowCreateUpdateRemoveTabs": true,
        "allowCreateUpdateRemoveConnectors": true
    },
    "guestSettings": {
        "allowCreateUpdateChannels": false,
        "allowDeleteChannels": false
    },
    "funSettings": {
        "allowGiphy": true,
        "giphyContentRating": "Moderate",
        "allowStickersAndMemes": true,
        "allowCustomMemes": true
    },
    "messagingSettings": {
        "allowUserEditMessages": true,
        "allowUserDeleteMessages": true,
        "allowOwnerDeleteMessages": true,
        "allowTeamMentions": true,
        "allowChannelMentions": true
    },
    "discoverySettings": {
        "showInTeamsSearchAndSuggestions": true
    },
}

There are several Teams templates available by default. To use the default Teams templates, update the highlighted value in parentheses in the "template@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('standard')" section of the JSON POST. You can use any of the following values:

• Standard ('standard')
• Education - Class Team ('educationClass')
• Education - Staff Team ('educationStaff')
• Education - Professional Learning Community ('educationProfessionalLearningCommunity')
• Healthcare - Ward ('healthcareWard')
• Healthcare - Hospital ('healthcareHospital')
• Retail - Store ('retailStore')
• Retail - Manager collaboration ('retailManagerCollaboration')
• Small Business - Executives Team ('SmallBusinessExecutive')
• Small Business - Finance ('SmallBusinessFinance')

Using templates is a great way to provide a standardized team creation experience for your organization.