This is demonstration sample TEWS soap xml showing Create Account template as "copy of" an existing one.
Here is an XML sample of Soap Request for TEWS:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:wsdl="http://tews6/wsdl">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<wsdl:TaskContext>
<wsdl:admin_id><Admin></wsdl:admin_id>
<wsdl:admin_password><Password></wsdl:admin_password>
</wsdl:TaskContext>
<wsdl:CreateActiveDirectoryAccountTemplate>
<wsdl:CreateActiveDirectoryAccountTemplateSearch>
<wsdl:CreateCopy>true</wsdl:CreateCopy>
<wsdl:Subject>
<wsdl:UniqueName>Policy=MyADSAccountPolicy,Namespace=ActiveDirectory,Domain=MyIMDomain,
Server=Server</wsdl:UniqueName>
</wsdl:Subject>
</wsdl:CreateActiveDirectoryAccountTemplateSearch>
<wsdl:CreateActiveDirectoryAccountTemplateActiveDirectoryAccountTemplateAccountTemplateTab>
<wsdl:_PCT_ACCOUNT_TEMPLATE_NAME_PCT_> MyNewADSAccountPolicy </wsdl:_PCT_ACCOUNT_TEMPLATE_NAME_PCT_>
</wsdl:CreateActiveDirectoryAccountTemplateActiveDirectoryAccountTemplateAccountTemplateTab>
</wsdl:CreateActiveDirectoryAccountTemplate>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
In this sample; You need to change the following values by yours:
<Admin> is your admin userdn
<Password> is the admins password
"MyADSAccountPolicy" is your original account template name you want to copy.
"MyIMDomain" is your IM domain name.
"MyNewADSAccountPolicy" is your account template you want to create.