Create Site Using Template GROUP#0 Using PowerShell

Question

I have created a SharePoint site and configured the site via the UI, I am now looking to re-engineer this into a PowerShell script so it can be used across multiple environments.

When I create the site via the UI, I am using the Standard Teams template.

When running Get-SPOSite, the template ID which is brought back is 'GROUP#0'.

I am trying to create a site using New-SPOSite, however, when I use this template ID, I receive the below error:

PS> New-SPOSite -Url "$SharePointURL/sites/$SiteName" -Owner $UserEmail -Template "GROUP#0" -Title "Test Site" -StorageQuota '1000' -CompatibilityLevel 15 -LocaleId 1033 -Verbose  

The web template GROUP#0 is not available for sites on this tenant. 

Get-SPOWebTemplate does not include GROUP#0

Any ideas how to get around this?

Answer 1

Hi @devopsfj,

I could reproduce this issue on my site,

this seems to be something wrong in the backend of Microsoft. I am going to check this with my team and will update here when I know the cause. Thanks for your patience.

Have a good day:)

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Answer 2

@devopsfj,

I suggest you using this PnP command to create a Microsoft 365 group connected team site as a workaround:

New-PnPSite -Type TeamSite -Title "Test Group" -Alias "TestGroup" -Description "Test group desc" -IsPublic

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