If you want to create a new SharePoint site using the Client Object Model, you can use the class **WebCreationInformation **to specify the site’s properties and then create it by adding the site to the Webs.

However, it is required to pass a unique **TemplateType **as a parameter. This parameter is a string and must match with one of the names of the available templates.

To get the list of all available templates, you can run the command Get-SpoWebTemplate in PowerShell. The table below gives an overview of all available templates.

As the libraries contained in the package Microsoft.SharePointOnline.CSOM don’t provide any enumerator for the available templates. I have created the following snippet.

using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace SharePoint.Models
{
    public enum WebTemplate
    {
        [EnumMember(Value = "GLOBAL#0")]
        GlobalTemplate,
        [EnumMember(Value = "STS#0")]
        TeamSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "STS#1")]
        BlankSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "STS#2")]
        DocumentWorkspace,
        [EnumMember(Value = "MPS#0")]
        BasicMeetingWorkspace,
        [EnumMember(Value = "MPS#1")]
        BlankMeetingWorkspace,
        [EnumMember(Value = "MPS#2")]
        DecisionMeetingWorkspace,
        [EnumMember(Value = "MPS#3")]
        SocialMeetingWorkspace,
        [EnumMember(Value = "MPS#4")]
        MultipageMeetingWorkspace,
        [EnumMember(Value = "CENTRALADMIN#0")]
        CentralAdminSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "WIKI#0")]
        WikiSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "BLOG#0")]
        Blog,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SGS#0")]
        GroupWorkSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "TENANTADMIN#0")]
        TenantAdminSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "ACCSRV#0")]
        AccessServicesSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "ACCSRV#1")]
        AssetsWebDatabase,
        [EnumMember(Value = "ACCSRV#3")]
        CharitableContributionsWebDatabase,
        [EnumMember(Value = "ACCSRV#4")]
        ContactsWebDatabase,
        [EnumMember(Value = "ACCSRV#6")]
        IssuesWebDatabase,
        [EnumMember(Value = "ACCSRV#5")]
        ProjectsWebDatabase,
        [EnumMember(Value = "BDR#0")]
        DocumentCenter,
        [EnumMember(Value = "EXPRESS#0")]
        ExpressTeamSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "OFFILE#1")]
        RecordsCenter,
        [EnumMember(Value = "EHS#0")]
        ExpressHostedSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "OSRV#0")]
        SharedServicesAdministrationSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "PowerPointBroadcast#0")]
        PowerPointBroadcastSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "PPSMASite#0")]
        BusinessIntelligenceCenter,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPS#0")]
        SharePointPortalServerSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSPERS#0")]
        SharePointPortalServerPersonalSpace,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSMSITE#0")]
        PersonalizationSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSTOC#0")]
        ContentsAreaTemplate,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSTOPIC#0")]
        TopicAreatemplate,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSNEWS#0")]
        NewsSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "CMSPUBLISHING#0")]
        PublishingSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "BLANKINTERNET#0")]
        PublishingSiteBlank,
        [EnumMember(Value = "BLANKINTERNET#1")]
        PressReleasesSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "BLANKINTERNET#2")]
        PublishingSiteWithWorkflow,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSNHOME#0")]
        NewsHomeSite,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSSITES#0")]
        SiteDirectory,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSCOMMU#0")]
        CommunityAreaTemplate,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSREPORTCENTER#0")]
        ReportCenter,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSPORTAL#0")]
        CollaborationPortal,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SRCHCEN#0")]
        EnterpriseSearchCenter,
        [EnumMember(Value = "PROFILES#0")]
        Profiles,
        [EnumMember(Value = "BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER#0")]
        PublishingPortal,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SPSMSITEHOST#0")]
        MySiteHost,
        [EnumMember(Value = "ENTERWIKI#0")]
        EnterpriseWiki,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SRCHCENTERLITE#0")]
        BasicSearchCenter,
        [EnumMember(Value = "SRCHCENTERFAST#0")]
        FastSearchCenter,
        [EnumMember(Value = "TenantAdminSpo#0")]
        SharePointOnlineTenantAdmin,
        [EnumMember(Value = "visprus#0")]
        VisioProcessRepository,
    }
}

To access the **EnumMember **attribute, we have to use the following Enum extension method.

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