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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
Bronze Contributor
I have tested OneDrive associated to the group rename and it gets renamed properly. Rename took some time to reflect in OneDrive.
Ivo Essenberg
Aug 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.
- SanthoshB1Sep 20, 2016Bronze ContributorYou are correct. When you rename the group from Groups UI it will only update the Group's display name and none other changed. So you can delete the group and create new one with the correct name. Please be aware that when you delete group using Power Shell it will not delete the hidden site collection. So it is recommended to delete it from Group UI.