Renaming of the Online Archive

ahouse12345 26 Reputation points
2021-01-11T14:16:05.177+00:00

Hello, I made a terrible typo while creating an online archive for a user. After doing some labbing I found that I could successfully rename the online archive without any data loss. The last issue I am having is that outlook will not accept the new name of the online archive. In Outlook for windows it simply appears as the old archive name, and in outlook on Mac it shows an empty archive with the old name. The server side reflects the new name. Our current setup is our local AD is synced to O365 and we have no on-premise exchange server. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help.

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  1. Andy David - MVP 142.3K Reputation points MVP
    2021-01-11T14:53:28.667+00:00

    I recall this as an old issue that outlook never shows the correct rename.
    I suppose you could try renaming it with mfcmapi
    Is there a test mailbox you can try this on?
    In other words, do the same thing on a mailbox that you dont care about or create just for this test and then see if you can rename the online archive via mfmapi and see if it sticks.
    Dont Delete the folder per these steps or course, just rename it!

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2763117/you-receive-a-request-to-change-the-display-name-of-a-user-s-archive-mailbox-in-office-365-dedicated

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  1. KyleXu-MSFT 26,211 Reputation points
    2021-01-12T08:31:54.213+00:00

    @ahouse12345
    Based on my testing, modify the "-ArchiveName" only works for OWA, it doesn't effect the display name in Outlook client. After we change the name with MFCMapi, the display name will change back automatically at next restart.

    I also try to change the default name "-ArchiveName" when enable archive. It also doesn't work for Outlook client: 

    Enable-Mailbox "user" -Archive -ArchiveName "Test4321"

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  2. ahouse12345 26 Reputation points
    2021-01-12T14:34:48.877+00:00
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