Forum Discussion
Renaming of O365 groups
To add to this issue: when a naming policy is defined, and you rename the group then the naming policy suffixes can be changed as well. What happens if you save the name change: it adds again the pre- and suffixes!
So if a group admin decides to change the pre- and suffixes with the name change then the policy will be re-applied as well and if the admin changes the original given name (and leaves the suffix and prefix) then the naming policy is reapplied and you will get double pre- and postfixes!
There is already a suggestion on uservoice to make the renaming of emailaddress possible as well at https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/286611-office-365-groups/suggestions/15585969-improve-the-renaming-functionality-of-office-365-g
I added a suggestion to improve the rename with naming policy as well: https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/286611-office-365-groups/suggestions/15586377-renaming-groups-when-renaming-a-group-with-naming
It should be possible to rename the mailaddress throught the UI, since renaming of the name is possible for end users as well. Although renaming of the mail address with Powershell can be done, it is not a feasible solution when you have a lot of groups in your tenant (e.g. schools). The rename should ideally also check for renaming the mailaddress throught the UI.
