Create SP Sites based on Term Store

Create SP Sites based on Term Store.ps1

$web = get-spweb http://sp2013/sites/Root #Change to your site URL
$template = $web.GetAvailableWebTemplates(1033) | Where-Object {$_.Title -eq “TemplateSite”} #Change to your template name
$SiteCollection = Get-SPSite http://sp2013/sites/Root #Change to your site URL
#Get the Term Store ID
$TaxSession = Get-SPTaxonomySession -Site $SiteCollection
$TermStore = $TaxSession.TermStores[“Managed Metadata Service”] #Change to your service name
$TermStore.Id
#Get the Term Set
$TermStoreGroup = $TermStore.Groups[“Functions”] #Change to your Terms Store group name -the main parent term
$TermSetList = $TermStoreGroup.TermSets
#create an array
$myArray = $TermSetList.Terms
foreach ($element in $myArray) 
{
   write-host $element.name -ForegroundColor Magenta #writes the term                   
  $NewSiteUrl = $web + "/" +  $element.name
  write-host $NewSiteUrl -ForegroundColor green #writes the new sites url
  #check if it already exists
  $exists = Get-SPWeb -Identity $NewSiteUrl -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -Property Exists -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
  if($exists -eq $null)
  {
      #create the new site         
      $newweb = New-SPWeb -Url $NewSiteUrl  -Name $element.name -AddToTopNav  -UseParentTopNav  
      #apply your template
      $newweb.ApplyWebTemplate($template.Name)
      write-host "Created" -ForegroundColor green
  }       
}