When you need to create a LOT of SharePoint subsites, you can do a script with PowerShell – using the Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.WebCreationInformation class/object.
The steps are basically :
- Connect to O365
- Define the settings for the new WebSite
- Add to WEBS
- Context.ExecuteQuery
Here’s the PowerShell I’m using (see below to copy+paste) :
The tricky part – for a CUSTOM WEB TEMPLATE is knowing what “ID” to use.
Ordinarily, the STS#0 will create a team site – but how to get the ID for my custom site template ??
There’s a quick tip – via the UI – when you go to create a new SUB SITE – using the F12 developer tools. See that <option> tag ??
<option value=”{24ECC832-383F-4C5E-B658-9A640EA73509}#Client Site Template”>Client Site Template</option>
*THAT* is the value you need to include – in the PowerShell as above…
And then you just call the “CreateSubSite” function – and stamp ‘em out.
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$urlAdmin = “https://AVENGERS-admin.sharepoint.com ”
$user = “TONY.STARK@AVENGERS.com”
$password = “PepperPottsIsAwesome!”
$urlSite = “https://AVENGERS.sharepoint.com/sites/clients”
$passwordSecureString = ConvertTo-SecureString -string $password -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $user, $passwordSecureString
Connect-SPOService -Url $urlAdmin -Credential $credential
$spoCredentials = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials -argumentlist $user, $passwordSecureString
$spoCtx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($urlSite)
$spoCtx.Credentials = $spoCredentials
$spoCtx.RequestTimeout = “500000”
function CreateSubSite($title)
{
$WCI = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.WebCreationInformation
$WCI.WebTemplate = “{24ECC832-383F-4C5E-B658-9A640EA73509}#Client Site Template”
$WCI.Description = $title
$WCI.Title = $title
$WCI.Url = $title
$WCI.Language = “1033”
$spoCtx.Web.Webs.Add($WCI)
$spoCtx.ExecuteQuery()
}
CreateSubSite “Ragnarok”
CreateSubSite “Anotherrok”
