What is the proper way to rename a Microsoft Team and its related resources?

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jason4tl asked Apr 21, '21 jaknudsen13 commented Jan 20, '22

What is the proper way to rename a Microsoft Team and its related resources?

I have not been able to find a good resource online as to the proper way to rename a Microsoft Team and its related resources. Since there is no way for a Team Owner to do this today, it's up to admins to utilize PowerShell to try to tackle this issue. Does anyone know what the proper steps are to do the following?
1. Rename MS Team
2. Rename related SPO site
3. Rename related M365 Group
4. Rename related team email address
5. Rename the default OneNote notebook was created with the group; that is also available through the, "Notebook" link on the SPO left-navigation
6. Rename the group on any related Planner Plans
7. Rename the group on the related Stream Group site
8. Anything else that I may have missed that is connected

Thank you.

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NVT-9553 · Aug 12, 2021 at 01:01 PM

To rename a team in Teams, click on the three dots next to the team (more options), click Edit team. From there, you can rename the team name, along with description, and privacy settings. Hope this helps!

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Answer 1 · 2021-04-22T04:14:41.08Z

SharonZhao-MSFT answered Apr 22, '21 jaknudsen13 commented Jan 20, '22

@jason4tl,

Rename a team: the following team artifacts are automatically renamed: Team security group, Team backlogs and boards, Team dashboards.

Rename SharePoint site: in SharePoint admin center > select “Active sites” > select the site you want to rename and click “Edit”. Please note that if you want to edit the URL, it will break the relationship of teams.

Rename team email address: in Microsoft 365 admin center > select “Groups: Active groups” > select the team which you have renamed > Edit the primary email address by the new name. Please note that the original email address cannot be deleted. It will take around 24 hours to take effect.

Rename notebook: I didn’t find a suitable way to do that now.

Rename Planner: the name of the task is unrelated to the team name. The following image shows the difference before and after renaming teams.

Rename Stream site: the name is automatically renamed.

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jason4tl · Apr 22, 2021 at 12:19 PM

Thank you for your Answer, SharonZhao. However, it looks like you are referring to Azure DevOps maybe? I was just referring to Microsoft Teams and the related SPO site, group email, default team notebook, plans, and stream group. It's amazing Microsoft has not come up with an easy way for these changes to be made if a Microsoft Team owner changes the name of their team. If a team owner changes the name of their team (which they can do today), all those other connected resources should rename automatically to maintain the same consistent experience as when it was the previous name.

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SharonZhao-MSFT jason4tl · Apr 23, 2021 at 04:19 AM

@jason4tl,

You are right. Currently, it has no simple way to rename team and its related resources.

Someone reports a similar feature request in Teams UserVoice. You could vote for it here and add your comments.

Microsoft will always focus on customer’s feedback and experience. Some new features would be added to the services based on customers' feedback in the future, and your good ideas will be very helpful for them to improve the service.

Your time, understanding and cooperation will be highly appreciated.

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AdamH-7864 SharonZhao-MSFT · Dec 15, 2021 at 01:35 PM

@SharonZhao-MSFT has there been any progress made on this issue? I'm hoping to rename a Teams group without it causing linking issues to the existing SharePoint site and other related documentation (e.g., OneNote, email distribution group). I'm hoping to change it so the email distribution group name is different than it is currently, would changing the name of the Teams group be a solution for this?

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jaknudsen13 · Jan 20 at 10:03 PM

Regarding renaming of the notebook. If you navigate to the SharePoint site -> Site contents -> Site assets, you can rename the Notebook from the ellipsis menu ( … ). The change syncs immediately to the desktop OneNote applications, and edits in the notebook are synced as usual.

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