Site Design Templates are not available

[ravick4u]

I created site design with -WebTemplate value "1" and its not available under drop down to choose from.

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• ID: 54a433bf-b243-03ff-f733-484dca2be753
• Version Independent ID: 7a173ed3-1700-b24f-ee78-417dd494ce16
• Content: Get started creating SharePoint site designs and site scripts
• Content Source: docs/declarative-customization/get-started-create-site-design.md
• Product: sharepoint
• GitHub Login: @spdevdocs
• Microsoft Alias: spdevdocs

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[KEMiCZA]

@ravick4u value "1" is not associated with any existing current template, which is why you're not seeing it in the UI. Use one of the following values:

• 64: Team Site
• 68: Communication Site

Kind regards

[ravick4u]

Not sure why @KEMiCZA mentioned that its not possible. This document says that if group less team site can be created with template 1.

If you have disabled modern Group creation (or restricted to a subset of users) and wish to still allow your users to apply site designs to the "group-less" modern Team site template, publish your site designs using the -WebTemplate value "1".

[KEMiCZA]

@ravick4u
I've created two site designs:

• Groupless Team Site "TEST Groupless", with WebTemplate 1
• Team Site "TEST Teamsite", with WebTemplate 64

    await sp.siteDesigns.createSiteDesign({
        Title: "TEST Groupless",
        WebTemplate: "1"
    });

    await sp.siteDesigns.createSiteDesign({
        Title: "TEST TeamSite",
        WebTemplate: "64"
    });

I've also created a groupless teamsite STS#3 on site collection "/sites/modern-site"
On this site collection I can choose from both site designs:

On the main /_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx page, where you can create a new Team Site, I can only select the "TEST TeamSite" site design:

Do you have the same findings? I think this works as designed, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Kind regards

[ravick4u]

Yes its the same behavior I see. But how can I create a new site without group?

[melitoSP]

@ravick4u On SharePoint start page (previously referred to as SharePoint home page), for site designs we respect the WebTemplate. Therefore if you have a site design with WebTemplate = 64, it should only show for group connected sites. If your site creation experience is for non-group connected team sites, only site designs with WebTemplate = 1 would show.

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