Create team

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new team.

Note

When you create a team, the SharePoint site of the general channel might fail to provision. If the site fails to provision after 5 minutes, use the Get filesFolder API to trigger provisioning.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Team.Create Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Team.Create Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, Teamwork.Migrate.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.
  • The Group.ReadWrite.All and Directory.ReadWrite.All permissions 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. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
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

Here's 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/v1.0/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "[email protected]": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/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

Here's 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/v1.0/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "[email protected]":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teamsTemplates('standard')",
   "displayName":"My Sample Team",
   "description":"My Sample Team’s Description",
   "members":[
      {
         "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
         "roles":[
            "owner"
         ],
         "[email protected]":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/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

Here's 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/v1.0/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "[email protected]": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/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": [
                {
                    "[email protected]": "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"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "[email protected]": "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": [
        {
            "[email protected]": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.vsts')"
        },
        {
            "[email protected]": "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 [email protected] property, the inclusion of team displayName, visibility, specialization, or [email protected] properties 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/v1.0/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "[email protected]": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teamsTemplates('standard')",
  "[email protected]": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/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

Here's a request that converts an existing group with extended properties that 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/v1.0/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "[email protected]":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teamsTemplates('standard')",
   "[email protected]":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/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":[
      {
         "[email protected]":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.vsts')"
      },
      {
         "[email protected]":"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 aren't yet supported individually in Microsoft Teams templates.

To create a team from a non-standard base template, you want to change the [email protected] 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.

Note

It can take up to 24 hours for Teams users to see a custom template change in the gallery.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "[email protected]": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/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/v1.0/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "[email protected]":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/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":[
      {
         "[email protected]":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps('com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.vsts')"
      },
      {
         "[email protected]":"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 supports the standard template.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@microsoft.graph.teamCreationMode": "migration",
  "[email protected]": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/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

Here's 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/v1.0/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "[email protected]":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teamsTemplates('standard')",
   "displayName":"My Sample Team",
   "description":"My Sample Team’s Description",
   "members":[
      {
         "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
         "roles":[
            "owner"
         ],
         "[email protected]":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('[email protected]')"
      }
   ]
}

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