SPO Site rename

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Hi all,&nbsp;I am looking for a way to rename a SharePoint site but only the site name (I don't want the URL changed). I have found scripts to rename the site title but not the actual name.&nbsp;I have tried scripts to rename the connected M365 group, but that only updates the site name&nbsp;under basic info, but does not update the name under site info.&nbsp;Interestingly if i update the name of thew group manually in the admin center, it updates correctly in SPO (but doesn't update the name under basic info).&nbsp;These are the properties I am looking to update&nbsp;&nbsp;I am needing to prefix over a thousand sites so I really need to find a way to do this in PowerShell or even Graph API.

nicolaskheirallah · Answer

daivea&nbsp;
Powershell:
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$url="https://&lt;tenant&gt;.sharepoint.com/sites/samplesite"
$newTitle="New Title"
Start-SPOSiteRename -Identity $url -NewSiteTitle $newTitle

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PnP:
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$SiteURL = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/coolsite"
  
#Connect to PnP Online
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Credentials (Get-Credential)
 
#sharepoint online powershell change site name
Set-PnPWeb -Title "Coller Site Portal"
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daivea82 · Answer

Thanks, but I don't want the URL changed. Is there no way to do this without changing the URL?

daivea82 · Answer

If I use your second example, all that does is change the title within the site. I am looking to change the name of the site in the admin center

nicolaskheirallah · Answer

daivea82
Both commands will just change the name, even in admin. That's mirrored
https://pnp.github.io/powershell/cmdlets/Set-PnPWeb.html#-title
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daivea82 · Answer

NicolasKheirallah&nbsp;&nbsp;Your command still wants to create a new URL&nbsp;If i do that and specify a new URL, it works as described. But i don't want the URL changed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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