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Ivo Essenberg
Aug 08, 2016Brass Contributor
Renaming of O365 groups
Hi all, I tried to search to see if anyone had already asked, but did not find any answers. Today, I renamed one of my O365 Groups, but found the experience to be underwhelming: - No option ...
SanthoshB1
Aug 08, 2016Bronze Contributor
I have tested OneDrive associated to the group rename and it gets renamed properly. Rename took some time to reflect in OneDrive.
- Charlotte_ClentonMar 04, 2020Copper Contributor
I'm currently also looking into changing a office 365 group name. i'm aware of the powershell with the PrimarySmtpaddress paramiter. however, i'm also aware that this does not necessarily change the email address but sets the new defined email address as an alias. so my main question for clarity would be if i wear to run this command and add the new email address as an alias, will this change the default/display address of the group to the new email address? so the new email address displays as the default one but the onmicrosoft one is still in the background making everything work?
Thank you in advance for any assistance
- Ivo EssenbergAug 09, 2016Brass Contributor
Hi Santosh,
The display name does change, but not the root name in the URL.
Ivo
- SanthoshB1Aug 09, 2016Bronze Contributor
The root name in url will not change.
- RobOKSep 19, 2016Bronze Contributor
I took a peak at the Site Page that goes with the group:
https://TENANT.sharepoint.com/sites/GROUPNAME/SitePages/Home.aspx
Not only is the URL not changing but on the Site Page the Group still retains the old Group Name, probably picking up from the URL. So renaming now is only partly done, even on the User Interface.
I'm scared to Delete the Group and try and re-create it with the correct name, I suspect the correct name is now "taken" by the rename?
Rob.