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
{
    "[email protected]": "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": [
                {
                    "[email protected]": "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"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "[email protected]": "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 "[email protected]": "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.