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Renaming of O365 groups
Hi Santosh,
The display name does change, but not the root name in the URL.
Ivo
The root name in url will not change.
I took a peak at the Site Page that goes with the group:
https://TENANT.sharepoint.com/sites/GROUPNAME/SitePages/Home.aspx
Not only is the URL not changing but on the Site Page the Group still retains the old Group Name, probably picking up from the URL. So renaming now is only partly done, even on the User Interface.
I'm scared to Delete the Group and try and re-create it with the correct name, I suspect the correct name is now "taken" by the rename?
Rob.
- You are correct. When you rename the group from Groups UI it will only update the Group's display name and none other changed. So you can delete the group and create new one with the correct name. Please be aware that when you delete group using Power Shell it will not delete the hidden site collection. So it is recommended to delete it from Group UI.
That is unfortunate, I hope not a permanent situation. We started using a Group and then realized we wanted to expand it, so there are a bunch of files and emails, so Deleting the group and starting over is not an option we want to persue.
Rob.
