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Has anyone had success in changing Sharepoint domain name.
Domain names are fictitious for this question.
We own domain name "xxxyyyzzz.com". We have 2 domains listed in our MS365 Business Admin Center, "aro34234.onmicrosoft.com" and "xxxyyyzzz.com".
Our Sharepoint URL is currently "aro34234.sharepoint.com".
We would like it to be "xxxyyyzzz.sharepoint.com".
We just made the transition to MS365 Business Standard and have not created any sites yet.
Has anyone had any success renaming the Sharepoint Domain Name using the following Microsoft instructions?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/change-your-sharepoint-domain-name
Thank you,
Susan Harris
Hi Susan,
I have hands-on experience with SharePoint domain renaming.
1. Preparation
- Frist, check if the custom domain *.onmicrosoft.com still is available and not being used by another customer's tenant
- Also check the limitations: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/change-your-sharepoint-domain-name#limitations- Additional notes:
You can only rename your SharePoint domain once. If you need additional renames, submit a support request. Changing your SharePoint domain name back to the original name after you rename it isn't supported.
Microsoft will create a redirect at the previous address which will expire 1 year after the rename.
The actual SharePoint Tenant rename doesn't lead to business downtime.
Keep user activity minimal while the rename is running.
Stop OneDrive sync before starting the rename, and then resume after.
2. Cutover
You can not start the renaming process immediately. You will have to schedule the start of the renaming 24h in advance. PowerShell:
Connect-SPOService -Url "https://domain-admin.sharepoint.com"
Start-SPOTenantRename -DomainName <DomainName> -ScheduledDateTime <YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS>
3. Post migration
- Check the status of the renaming via PowerShell:
Connect-SPOService -Url "https://domain-admin.sharepoint.com"
Get-SPOTenantRenameStatusThank you for your reply. I have read all of these documents already but I have not read anywhere that someone had success with the process.
The biggest issue we have right now is that several years ago our previous tech company opened a single user license in MS365 Business Standard using our companyname.onmicrosoft.com as our tenant name. We never moved forward with any migrations. Now we are ready for the full MS365 Business Standard Suite of applications, our current tech support company started a brand new subscription and we have a crazyname.onmicrosoft.com tenant.
We are hoping that Microsoft can help get our companyname.onmicrosoft.com tenant moved from the old subscription to the new one so we can do the rename.
Thanks again for the response.
Susan
