changing url for /teams to /sites

priya216 Star-D MaximillianC ChristianJBergstrom 

Hey, i am trying to change my SharePoint-URLs in a migration project as well. I don't think that you can use the SharePoint Admin Center to change single /sites/ -sites to /teams/ -sites and vice versa but as always PowerShell is the answer.

Step-by-Step:

1. open PowerShell or ISE on your desktop.

2. install the module "Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell"

3. connect to your SharePoint Admin-URL with PowerShell "https://[orgname]-admin.sharepoint.com/"

4. Login with a Tenant/Global- or SharePoint-Admin

5. get the URL of you current site you want to change "https://[orgname].sharepoint.com/sites/testSite"

6. change the url with the PowerShell-Command

7. Disconnect

PowerShell-Code:

# optional
Install-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell

# import module
Import-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell

# connect to SPOService
Connect-SPOService -Url https://[orgname]-admin.sharepoint.com/


# Change URL
Start-SPOSiteRename -Identity https://[orgname].sharepoint.com/sites/testSite -NewSiteUrl https://[orgname].sharepoint.com/teams/testSite 

# disconnect SPOService
Disconnect-SPOService

 To change /teams to /sites just change the URLs.

To validate a change you can add -ValidateOnly to the Start-SPOSiteRenam Cmdlet.

# validate Cmdlet
Start-SPOSiteRename -Identity https://[orgname].sharepoint.com/sites/testSite -NewSiteUrl https://[orgname].sharepoint.com/teams/testSite -ValidateOnly

Hope i could help.

Reminder:

Communicate the Change with the users of the site and try to avoid changing URLs in business hours.

• When the change will happen
• What the new URL will be
• Users should close their files and not make edits during the address change
• Users should check the site recycle bin to make sure it contains no files they want to keep
• File permissions and sharing won't change

Best Regards