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TonyRedmond
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Sep 02, 2021

Teams and SharePoint Online to Synchronize Channel Names Properly

 

The longstanding problem where the renaming of a Teams channel did not rename the folder in the SharePoint document library is being fixed. First flagged as an issue in 2016, this is one of the oldest bugs in Teams and it’s taken far too long for Microsoft to squash. The good news is that the fix will deploy in mid-September to close off the problem once and for all.

 

https://office365itpros.com/2021/09/02/microsoft-finally-fixes-teams-channel-rename/

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  • tom1croft's avatar
    tom1croft
    Copper Contributor
    May 21, 2023

    TonyRedmond  I agree. May 2023 and not fixed. Maybe there's a workaround. Like deleting the synchronized local folder and re-syncing. I haven't tried. 

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    StephG4
    Copper Contributor
    May 24, 2024

    tom1croft The sync issue was fixed by Microsoft, but it is only triggered when the channel name is edited. I was able to edit each of our channels with the sync issue, add a space at the end, save, and the sync updated in the folder list in SharePoint.

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