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hunk0227
Brass Contributor
Mar 29, 2022

Why Private channel can't change the url

Hello,

 

I was trying to rename the URL address of the teams site which has several private channels.

However, it looks like my changes is not cascaded thru the private channel. (teamsite-private channel)

Looking to the AdminCenter is see no options to edit URL even no avail in powershell command.

 

Can someone shed a light why we cannot change private channel URL or any ideas if it is possible?

 

Thank you!

Hunk

 

 

 

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    • hunk0227's avatar
      hunk0227
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 29, 2022
      Thanks Andres this helps. I can't wait with this updates be release. 🙂
    • Chen_Wang's avatar
      Chen_Wang
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 27, 2022
      HI MS Team,
      I got the same issue, how can I change the private channel URL? Thanks.
    • ShimonD's avatar
      ShimonD
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 13, 2022
      What are you referencing? The roadmap item is for renaming the folder associated with the Teams Channel, not the URL
  • Theo_Vermaak's avatar
    Theo_Vermaak
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 27, 2022
    Hi

    So I found this handy script and it seemed to work for me.

    #Set Parameters
    $AdminCenterURL="https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"
    $SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/suppliers"
    $NewSiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/vendors"
    $NewSiteTitle = "Vendors"

    #Connect to SharePoint Online
    Connect-SPOService -Url $AdminCenterURL -Credential (Get-Credential)

    #Get all site collections
    $Sites = Get-SPOSite -Limit All | Select -ExpandProperty URL

    If($Sites -notcontains $NewSiteURL)
    {
    #Rename SharePoint Online site URL using PowerShell
    Start-SPOSiteRename -Identity $SiteURL -NewSiteUrl $NewSiteURL -NewSiteTitle $NewSiteTitle -Confirm:$false
    }
    Else
    {
    Write-Host "New Site URL '$NewSiteURL' is not available!" -f Yellow
    }

    When you are done you can rename the private channel in Teams to what ever you need it to be.

    • LexPage23's avatar
      LexPage23
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 02, 2023

      Hi Theo_Vermaak - could you provide more information on how you used the Script or where you found it please? E.g. where & how to run it, what permissions are required. Also could I confirm that the script does what the original requestor asked - changing the URL of the private channels within the SharePoint site (not changing the name of the private channels or changing the SharePoint site URL.)

      Thank you in advance,

      Lex

      • hunk0227's avatar
        hunk0227
        Brass Contributor
        Apr 19, 2023
        @lexPages, This still an issue with the Microsoft and has no fix at the moment so let's live with this setup unfortunately. 😞
        I guess the one suggested by Theo was to rename the Root site url and does not reflect to the private channel (e.g "sites/vendors-PrivateChannel"). Tried also rename directly the private channel but no avail getting the write locked error.

        Start-SPOSiteRename : Error Code: -105,This site address can't be changed.
        This site is write locked.
  • emalden's avatar
    emalden
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 31, 2024

    hunk0227 

    As of July 2024, this still can't be done through the UI, but if you have the PnP PowerShell library installed, you can use the can use Rename-PnPTenantSite PowerShell command (run as admin). 

     

    Caveats - it takes time to rename (you'll get a 404 initially, but the URL works eventually) and the Files tab in Teams goes wonky. If you add a post with a file, the tab fixes itself. 

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