What are SharePoint list templates?

List templates are a way to create consistent lists for unique needs. Microsoft provides several ready-made list templates for most common use cases and can be used when you’re creating lists on SharePoint sites, Teams channels, or the Microsoft Lists app:

Figure 14.9 - Microsoft-provided list templates

Organizations can also create and publish their own list templates. The basic idea of list templates is the same as in site templates. List columns, content types, views, and so on are defined in a similar JSON script and schema as site scripts. For a list template, only one script is linked since it holds the whole list definition.

Creating a list template

Creating a list template starts by creating and configuring a list, which is then used as a template. The next step is to extract the script from the created list using the Get-SPOSiteScriptFromList cmdlet:

$extractedList = Get-SPOSiteScriptFromList...