Please refer to the Introduction to PnP Core Component and OfficeDevPnP.Core for more details. I have created a Console Application and added SharePointPnPCore2016 NuGet package for the SharePoint 2016 version.
Code Snippet
  1. using System;
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;
  3. using System.Linq;
  4. using System.Text;
  5. using System.Threading.Tasks;
  6. using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
  7. using OfficeDevPnP.Core;
  8. using OfficeDevPnP.Core.Extensions;
  9. using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Taxonomy;
  11. namespace SP2016PnPCoreComponentDemo
  12. {
  13. class Program
  14. {
  15. static void Main(string[] args)
  16. {
  17. // Input Parameters
  18. string siteUrl = "http://c7395723754/";
  19. string userName = "administrator";
  20. string password = "xxxxxxxxx";
  21. string domain = "AD2012";
  22. string rootFolderRelativeURL = "SitePages/NewHome.aspx";
  24. OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager authMgr = new OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager();
  26. try
  27. {
  28. // Get the client context
  29. using (var ctx = authMgr.GetNetworkCredentialAuthenticatedContext(siteUrl, userName, password, domain))
  30. {
  31. // Set Home Page
  32. ctx.Web.SetHomePage(rootFolderRelativeURL);
  33. }
  34. }
  36. catch (Exception ex)
  37. {
  38. Console.WriteLine("Error Message: " + ex.Message);
  39. }
  40. }
  41. }
  42. }