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Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Create a new team.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) Team.Create, Group.ReadWrite.All**, Directory.ReadWrite.All**
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application Team.Create, Teamwork.Migrate.All, Group.ReadWrite.All**, Directory.ReadWrite.All**

Note: The Teamwork.Migrate.All permission is only supported for migration. In the future, Microsoft may require you or your customers to pay additional fees based on the amount of data imported.

Note: Permissions marked with ** are supported only for backward compatibility. We recommend that you update your solutions to use an alternative permission listed in the previous table and avoid using these permissions going forward.

HTTP request

POST /teams

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of a team object.

Response

If successful, this API returns a 202 Accepted response that contains a link to the teamsAsyncOperation.

Examples

Example 1: Delegated permissions

The following is an example of a minimal request. By omitting other properties, the client is implicitly taking defaults from the pre-defined template represented by template.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "template@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('standard')",
  "displayName": "My Sample Team",
  "description": "My Sample Team’s Description"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')/operations('3a6fdce1-c261-48bc-89de-1cfef658c0d5')
Content-Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')
Content-Length: 0

Example 2: Application permissions

The following is an example of a minimal request using application permissions. By omitting other properties, the client is implicitly taking defaults from the predefined template represented by template. When issuing a request with application permissions, a user must be specified in the members collection.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "template@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('standard')",
   "displayName":"My Sample Team",
   "description":"My Sample Team’s Description",
   "members":[
      {
         "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
         "roles":[
            "owner"
         ],
         "user@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users('0040b377-61d8-43db-94f5-81374122dc7e')"
      }
   ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')/operations('3a6fdce1-c261-48bc-89de-1cfef658c0d5')
Content-Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')
Content-Length: 0

Example 3: Create a team with multiple channels, installed apps, and pinned tabs using delegated permissions

The following is a request with a full payload. The client can override values in the base template and add to array-valued items to the extent allowed by validation rules for the specialization.

Request

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 Engineering Team",
    "description": "This is a sample engineering team, used to showcase the range of properties supported by this API",
    "channels": [
        {
            "displayName": "Announcements 📢",
            "isFavoriteByDefault": true,
            "description": "This is a sample announcements channel that is favorited by default. Use this channel to make important team, product, and service announcements."
        },
        {
            "displayName": "Training 🏋️",
            "isFavoriteByDefault": true,
            "description": "This is a sample training channel, that 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')",
                    "displayName": "A Pinned Website",
                    "configuration": {
                        "contentUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/microsoft-teams"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "teamsApp@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.youtube')",
                    "displayName": "A Pinned YouTube Video",
                    "configuration": {
                        "contentUrl": "https://tabs.teams.microsoft.com/Youtube/Home/YoutubeTab?videoId=X8krAMdGvCQ",
                        "websiteUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8krAMdGvCQ"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "displayName": "Planning 📅 ",
            "description": "This is a sample of a channel that is not favorited by default, these channels will appear in the more channels overflow menu.",
            "isFavoriteByDefault": false
        },
        {
            "displayName": "Issues and Feedback 🐞",
            "description": "This is a sample of a channel that is not favorited by default, these channels will appear in the more channels overflow menu."
        }
    ],
    "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
    },
    "installedApps": [
        {
            "teamsApp@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.vsts')"
        },
        {
            "teamsApp@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('1542629c-01b3-4a6d-8f76-1938b779e48d')"
        }
    ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
Location: /teams('958e8cf8-169a-42aa-8599-5c1c5479c0ca')/operations('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000')
Content-Location: /teams('958e8cf8-169a-42aa-8599-5c1c5479c0ca')
Content-Length: 0

Example 4: Create a team from group

The following example shows how you can create a new team from a group, given a groupId.

A few things to note about this call:

  • In order to create a team, the group you're creating it from must have a least one owner.
  • The team that's created will always inherit from the group's display name, visibility, specialization, and members. Therefore, when making this call with the group@odata.bind property, the inclusion of team displayName, visibility, specialization, or members@odata.bind properties will return an error.
  • If the group was created less than 15 minutes ago, it's possible for the Create team call to fail with a 404 error code due to replication delays. We recommend that you retry the Create team call three times, with a 10 second delay between calls.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "template@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('standard')",
  "group@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups('71392b2f-1765-406e-86af-5907d9bdb2ab')"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
Location: /teams('71392b2f-1765-406e-86af-5907d9bdb2ab')/operations('9698b2b8-9636-4f49-b7a8-10dadfa7062a')
Content-Location: /teams('71392b2f-1765-406e-86af-5907d9bdb2ab')
Content-Length: 0

Example 5: Create a team from a group with multiple channels, installed apps, and pinned tabs

The following is a request that converts an existing group with extended properties which will create the team with multiple channels, installed apps, and pinned tabs.

To learn more about supported base template types and supported properties, see Get started with Teams templates.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "template@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('standard')",
   "group@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')",
   "channels":[
      {
         "displayName":"Class Announcements 📢",
         "isFavoriteByDefault":true
      },
      {
         "displayName":"Homework 🏋️",
         "isFavoriteByDefault":true
      }
   ],
   "memberSettings":{
      "allowCreateUpdateChannels":false,
      "allowDeleteChannels":false,
      "allowAddRemoveApps":false,
      "allowCreateUpdateRemoveTabs":false,
      "allowCreateUpdateRemoveConnectors":false
   },
   "installedApps":[
      {
         "teamsApp@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.vsts')"
      },
      {
         "teamsApp@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('1542629c-01b3-4a6d-8f76-1938b779e48d')"
      }
   ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')/operations('3a6fdce1-c261-48bc-89de-1cfef658c0d5')
Content-Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')
Content-Length: 0

Example 6: Create a team with a non-standard base template type

Base template types are special templates that Microsoft created for specific industries. These base templates often contain proprietary apps that aren't available in the store and team properties that are not yet supported individually in Microsoft Teams templates.

To create a team from a non-standard base template, you’ll want to change the template@odata.bind property in the request body from standard to point to the specific base template you’d like to create.

To learn more about supported base template types, see Get started with Teams templates.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "template@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('educationClass')",
  "displayName": "My Class Team",
  "description": "My Class Team’s Description"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')/operations('3a6fdce1-c261-48bc-89de-1cfef658c0d5')
Content-Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')
Content-Length: 0

Example 7: Create a team with a non-standard base template type with extended properties

Base template types can be extended with additional properties, enabling you to build on an existing base template with additional team settings, channels, apps, or tabs.

To learn more about supported base template types and supported properties, see Get started with Teams templates.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "template@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('educationClass')",
   "displayName":"My Class Team",
   "description":"My Class Team’s Description",
   "channels":[
      {
         "displayName":"Class Announcements 📢",
         "isFavoriteByDefault":true
      },
      {
         "displayName":"Homework 🏋️",
         "isFavoriteByDefault":true
      }
   ],
   "memberSettings":{
      "allowCreateUpdateChannels":false,
      "allowDeleteChannels":false,
      "allowAddRemoveApps":false,
      "allowCreateUpdateRemoveTabs":false,
      "allowCreateUpdateRemoveConnectors":false
   },
   "installedApps":[
      {
         "teamsApp@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.vsts')"
      },
      {
         "teamsApp@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('1542629c-01b3-4a6d-8f76-1938b779e48d')"
      }
   ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')/operations('3a6fdce1-c261-48bc-89de-1cfef658c0d5')
Content-Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')
Content-Length: 0

Example 8: Create a team in migration mode

Request

The following example shows how to create a team for imported messages.

Note: In the future, Microsoft may require you or your customers to pay additional fees based on the amount of data imported.

Note: Teams created in migration mode only support the standard template.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@microsoft.graph.teamCreationMode": "migration",
  "template@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('standard')",
  "displayName": "My Sample Team",
  "description": "My Sample Team’s Description",
  "createdDateTime": "2020-03-14T11:22:17.067Z"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')/operations('3a6fdce1-c261-48bc-89de-1cfef658c0d5')
Content-Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')

Error response

If the request is unsuccessful, this method returns a 400 Bad Request response code.

400 Bad Request

The following are common reasons for this response:

  • createdDateTime is set in the future.
  • createdDateTime is correctly specified but the teamCreationMode instance attribute is missing or set to an invalid value.

Example 9: Application permissions using user principal name

The following is an example of a minimal request using application permissions. By omitting other properties, the client is implicitly taking defaults from the predefined template represented by template. When issuing a request with application permissions, a user must be specified in the members collection.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "template@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teamsTemplates('standard')",
   "displayName":"My Sample Team",
   "description":"My Sample Team’s Description",
   "members":[
      {
         "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
         "roles":[
            "owner"
         ],
         "user@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users('jacob@contoso.com')"
      }
   ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')/operations('3a6fdce1-c261-48bc-89de-1cfef658c0d5')
Content-Location: /teams('dbd8de4f-5d47-48da-87f1-594bed003375')
Content-Length: 0

See also