Microsoft 365 – SharePoint Tenant URL Rename – General Availability – New Feature / Feature Update

Adding custom domain to Microsoft 365 Tenant
Adding custom domain to Microsoft 365 Tenant

Hi All,

Greetings for the day!!!

Continue exploring Microsoft 365. Today new feature which was announced at Ignite 2022

Feature : SharePoint Tenant URL Rename – General Availability

Details

  • Now, the ability to rename our SharePoint domain URL is generally available to organizations that have less than 10,000 total sites (including OneDrive and SharePoint sites)
  • This is the scenario when we start our Tenant with test name like KnoweldgeJunctionQA and later want to change the tenant name – KnowledgeJunction so that we can also change the URL
  • There is also case of merging two companies / acquisition  / rebranding and changing the Tenant name with some common name
  • With the tenant rename capability, we will be able to have the SharePoint domain in all site URLs updated to the new name
  • Currently this feature is only available to organizations that have no more than 10,000 total SharePoint sites and OneDrive accounts combined

First STEP – Adding new custom domain

We have detailed article for configuring and managing custom domains , please follow the steps. Preparing exam SC – 300 – Identity and Access Administrator – Configure and manage custom domains – Study material – Part 3

fig : Azure Active Directory admin center - adding custom domain to Microsoft 365 Tenant
fig : Azure Active Directory admin center – adding custom domain to Microsoft 365 Tenant

Next Step is Use Microsoft PowerShell to rename domain

Following are the detailed steps. Since currently I do not have test tenant to test rename feature, here sharing the steps. One option is to create a test Tenant under Microsoft 365 Developer Program – https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program and execute following steps

  • Connect to our Microsoft 365 tenant using following PowerShell CMDLET – Connect-SPOService
  • Run the “SharePoint Online Management Shell” in administrator mode. Make sure we have latest updated version of “SharePoint Online Management Shell

Connect-SPOService -Url "https://knowledgejunction1-admin.sharepoint.com"

  • We need to connect either through “Global Administrator” or “SharePoint Administrator” role
  • Once we successfully connected, next step is renaming using PowerShell CMDLET – Start-SPOTenantRename

Start-SPOTenantRename -DomainName <DomainName> -ScheduledDateTime <YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]

Note If we get error 773 “Not Implemented” when we try to domain rename, the feature isn’t enabled yet for our organization

  • If in between we want to stop the renaming of our Tenant, we can use PowerShell CMDLET – Stop-SPOTenantRename

Stop-SPOTenantRename
    -Reason <string>
    [-Comment <string>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Using Get-SPOTenantRenameStatus Knowing the status of renaming of our Tenant

  • We could verify our rename status by using the PowerShell CMDLET – Get-SPOTenantRenameStatus
  • This command gets the status of the job to rename the SharePoint domain name for your organization
  • To execute CMDLET – Get-SPOTenantRenameStatus – make sure we are opening new instance of “SharePoint Online Management Shell” and re-login again

    Get-SPOTenantRenameStatus

    Limitations

    • This change affects only SharePoint and OneDrive URLs. It doesn’t impact email addresses
      • This feature isn’t available for organizations that have set up multi-geo
      • When we rename your SharePoint domain, we create a redirect at the previous address which will expire 1 year after the rename
      • We can only rename our SharePoint domain once. If we need additional renames, we need to submit a support request by selecting Rename a SharePoint Tenant more than once
      • Changing SharePoint domain name back to the original name after you rename it isn’t supported

      To know / understand the impact on other Apps and SharePoint features (like Hub Site / Power Automate / Power BI / Project Online / Microsoft Teams / Deleted sites / previously created Public sites) please have a look on detailed article from Microsoft – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/change-your-sharepoint-domain-name

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        Thanks for reading the article !!! Please feel free to discuss in case any issues / suggestions / thoughts / questions !!!

        HAVE A GREAT TIME AHEAD !!! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL 🙂

        Prasham Sabadra

        LIFE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL :) ENJOY THE WHOLE JOURNEY :) Founder of Knowledge Junction and live-beautiful-life.com, Author, Learner, Passionate Techie, avid reader. Certified Professional Workshop Facilitator / Public Speaker. Scrum Foundation Professional certificated. Motivational, Behavioral , Technical speaker. Speaks in various events including SharePoint Saturdays, Boot camps, Collages / Schools, local chapter. Can reach me for Microsoft 365, Azure, DevOps, SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform, JavaScript.

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