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priya216
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Apr 06, 2022

changing url for /teams to /sites

Hello

I have many /sites which uses the URL I now require for many communication sites. I am struggling how I can use the URL as its currently being used for a team site.

 

i.e /sites/IT - I want to change that to /teams/IT so that I can have a communication site addressed /sites/IT.

 

Any ideas how I can do this ?

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      priya216
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 19, 2022

      ChristianJBergstrom 

       

      I am aware of the setting under site creation but that is for new sites.

      I have 120 existing sites which have the managed path /sites and they should be /teams how can I change this ?

       

      Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

       

      I have set up under site creating for new sites to be set up as /teams and for comms sites to be /sites.

       

      Thanks

       

      Priya

      • MaximillianC's avatar
        MaximillianC
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 24, 2022
        Anyone able to offer help on this Priya's question? I have the same question.
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    Xyien
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 06, 2023

    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

    • anjalimishra1's avatar
      anjalimishra1
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 28, 2023
      Hi, I tried these steps for resolution, but these steps are not working for content site, i tried to chnage content site URL but unable to that, please provide any alternate solution for this.

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