Create team using Powershell

Question

Cannot find a way to create a team:

• from a group (-GroupId parameter)
• using a template (-Template parameter)
• setting visibility (-Visibility parameter)

This combination parameters are not supported for New-Team cmdlet (even in 1.1.6 Microsoft Teams Powershell module).

Why?
All those settings are supported via GUI (i.e. Microsoft Teams client for Windows, version 1.3)

Answer 1

Hi @Marian Hercek ,

Here's an example on how to create a new team from a GroupId:

Install-Module MicrosoftTeams -Force  
Connect-MicrosoftTeams  
$SiteObj = Get-SPOSite -Identity $SiteURL.SiteURL  
New-Team -GroupId $SiteObj.GroupId.Guid  

Regarding the -Template parameter, read the following:

IMPORTANT: Using this cmdlet to create a new team using a template is still in preview. You can install and use the preview module from the PowerShell test gallery. For instructions on installing and using the Teams PowerShell preview module, see Install the pre-release version of the Teams PowerShell module.

Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/New-Team?view=teams-ps

Here's an example on how to use the -Visibility parameter:

New-Team -DisplayName "Dev Team" -Description "Team for Development" -Visibility Public  

or

$Team = New-Team -DisplayName "Dev Team"  
Set-Team -GroupId $Team.GroupId -Visibility Private  

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Best regards,
Leon

Answer 2

@Marian Hercek ,

You can create a team from existing Office 365 group by the id of the group:

New-Team -GroupId "Existing Group ID - GUID"  

In this scenario, you cannot provide the group related values that are already specified in the existing group, such as Visibility, Alias, Description, or DisplayName.

As Leon Laude said, the Template parameter is used to set the type of Education Team in the New-Team cmdlet.

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Answer 3

What kind/template of Team is created by default (in EDU tenant). How do I find it out?
I can see four kinds/templates: Class, PLC, Staff, Other.

Answer 4

It seems like there are only 2 parameters available in Teams cmdlet under -template switch. Is it powerShell limitation or tenant limitation? I'm sure in GUI we should be able to create all 4 types as shown in image shared above by @Sharon Zhao-MSFT . This is what I get in PowerShell ISE when I checked for template parameters: