Hello All, Did this research for a customer and wanted to put it here for you and myself... As we had discussed to be able to create a custom Site Collection template there are a few steps you need to consider after you perform ‘Save as Template’. As well I have added a second method for consideration. Method #1 Create your Template by ‘Save as Template’, then edit the solution so that you can change it from Sandbox solution to a Farm solution. NOTE: A little bit of information about Site Templates https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/general-development/save-download-and-upload-a-sharepoint-site-as-a-template, this method does not work in O365. How to manually edit a SharePoint wsp file https://academy.bindtuning.com/how-to-manually-edit-a-sharepoint-wsp-file/ SharePoint 2010 and web templates (This is true for SP2016) https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vesku/2010/10/14/sharepoint-2010-and-web-templates/ How to Build a Site Collection Template from A Web Template in SharePoint 2010 https://whitepages.unlimitedviz.com/2010/10/how-to-build-a-site-collection-template-from-a-web-template-in-sharepoint-2010/ Method #2 Instead of creating separate templates for different functionalities you can create an add-in to run and add the desired objects ie List or WebPart. I recommend you start with this article to understand the basics, then you can start digging into the articles below. NOTE: This method is supported in O365. SharePoint Add-ins compared with SharePoint solutions https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/general-development/sharepoint-add-ins-compared-with-sharepoint-solutions SharePoint Add-ins https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/sp-add-ins/sharepoint-add-ins Get started creating SharePoint-hosted SharePoint Add-ins https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/sp-add-ins/get-started-creating-sharepoint-hosted-sharepoint-add-ins SharePoint List in SharePoint hosted Add-in https://www.sharepoint-journey.com/sharepoint-list-in-sharepoint-hosted-add-in.html
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