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Make rename in Teams reflect name changes in Sharepoint?

When I rename a folder in the Teams app, the underlying folder is not renamed in sharepoint. This is most confusing.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This issue causes other problems within Teams. With a renamed channel, the SharePoint folder retains the original name, and "Files" tab in the renamed channel continues to reference the previous folder. Now it's possible to create another Teams channel and name it the same as the previous channel (before the rename), which uses the existing folder in SharePoint for file storage. This is a problem because the same files now appear in two different channels, and editing/deleting applies to "both" channels. Users expect edits and deletions to only affect one channel. When there are two channels pointing to the same file folder, this edits/deletes files in "both locations" because they're the same file(s).

    Renaming the folder in SharePoint *breaks* the linkage with the Teams site - so the files disappear in the Teams channel. Then SharePoint automatically re-creates the previous folder name and includes the files BUT Teams oddly can't see those files. It shows a blank slate in the Files tab.

    Because channels can't be re-created with the same name (except in the instance of a renamed channel detailed previously), users have almost no ability to fix this other than coming up with an entirely new naming scheme that doesn't fit their business.

    This is seriously broken.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I named a channel with square brackets [], this causes the SharePoint folder to also be named with square brackets. We cannot save files directly to the SharePoint folder now, it can only be uploaded or new MS office files created on the SharePoint itself. Thus, i need to be able to rename the SharePoint folder associated to the Channel!

  • Andreas commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It is now been 21 months since Admin stated his "Quick update".
    Anybody but me think it is time for another update now?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Very frustrating. This is a site that should help with organisation but this bug makes things more confusing

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    4 years later...still waiting for a fix. As a software developer, I know this is not complicated, yet it is a big deal for users. Come on, Microsoft! Easy win, here!

  • Ahmad commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi, so you guys have had over 4 years to work on this simple issue. Do you plan on every fixing this?

    Or should customers continue to pay for a software/services that are riddled with bugs and issues?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi, we have an issue as we renamed a channel in Teams where the files inside the channel still point to the old channel name so the files don't appear now in teams under the new channel name.
    We can still see the files in office.com under the new name but can no longer see them in Teams.

    I love teams, but it is problematic if we can't change names....and have a way to fix links that break between Teams and Sharepoint....Please don't ask us to never change channel names or not to move files around - we need to have ways of combining channels and a good archiving solution also please
    Many thanks
    Pru

  • Roberto commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is currently the biggest SharePoint issue !
    Please fix it as soon as possible because this make impossible to make work Teams and SharePont togheter

  • Ravi Campbell commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Is there at least a workaround to allow the files tab to be able to point to the new renamed folder?

  • Peter Thomson commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is a vital part of adopting SharePoint and moving off our local file server. When we start a new project we add a channel for the project in Teams. When the scope of the project evolves we often rename the Teams Channel. But this orphans the SharePoint folder and leaves it with the old channel name which is confusing for users.

  • Marie commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Any update on this issue ? It seems that there is not a great synchonization with the Teams team whereas we really need this to be taken into consideration to avoid confusion while working.
    See : https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16934143-rename-of-team-channel-doesn-t-rename-associated-s#{toggle_previous_statuses}

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