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Reusing a Deleted SharePoint Site Name
QUESTION: Can a new site be created with the same name of a deleted site? SCENARIO: Today I deleted a SharePoint Team Site (O365) that I created yesterday. Now I want to create a SharePoint Commu...
Similarly, you can permanently remove the deleted site using Remove-SPODeletedSite cmdlet.
Peter_Morris In Office 365, if there is an exchange group (also called Office 365 Group) already existing with name ITS, then creation of any SharePoint site/Teams with same name appends '2' in the URL (like /ITS2/).
This is because, creating any Office 365 Group thru exchange (outlook) OR Teams will auto-create a SharePoint site in Office 365.
Thanks for this. I'd guessed it would be an O365 group causing it issues. Will look into how to remove that now. Got our O365 Admin to have a go but it hasn't worked so far. Might be more work involved.
Peter