I am trying to create a site collection in Office 365 through an auto-hosted app. I am using the Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.Client.Tenant.dll and my code is as below.
using System;
using Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
using System.Security;
namespace SharePoint123
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//please change the value of user name, password, and admin portal URL
string username = "xxxx@xxxx.onmicrosoft.com";
String pwd = "xxxx";
ClientContext context = new ClientContext("https://xxxx-admin.sharepoint.com");
SecureString password = new SecureString();
foreach (char c in pwd.ToCharArray())
{
password.AppendChar(c);
}
context.Credentials = new SharePointOnlineCredentials(username, password);
Tenant t = new Tenant(context);
context.ExecuteQuery();//login into SharePoint online
//code to create a new site collection
var newsite = new SiteCreationProperties()
{
Url = "https://xxxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/createdbyProgram1",
Owner = "xxxxx@xxxxx.onmicrosoft.com",
Template = "STS#0", //using the team site template, check the MSDN if you want to use other template
StorageMaximumLevel = 100,
UserCodeMaximumLevel = 100,
UserCodeWarningLevel = 100,
StorageWarningLevel = 300,
Title = "CreatedbyPrgram",
CompatibilityLevel = 15, //15 means Shapoint online 2013, 14 means Sharepoint online 2010
};
t.CreateSite(newsite);
context.ExecuteQuery();
//end
}
}
}
However, I would like to use a custom site template that I have created, instead of the "STS#0" team site template. The custom site template exists in the Solution Gallery of the site collection in which my APP is deployed. Is there a way I can upload this site template and activate it, during the creation of the new site collection programmatically?