Change your organization's SharePoint URL (tenant rename)

Your organization has a new name, but your SharePoint and OneDrive addresses still show the old one, such as oldname.sharepoint.com. Can you change that? Yes: with a SharePoint domain rename (tenant rename) you change the address. It's a big change though.

What changes?

• The address of all SharePoint sites and OneDrives, for example from oldname.sharepoint.com to newname.sharepoint.com.
• Your email addresses and the name of your Microsoft 365 organization do not change. You manage those separately through your domains.

The steps

1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, add a new .onmicrosoft.com domain with the name you want (Settings > Domains).
2. Install the SharePoint Online Management Shell and connect as a SharePoint admin.
3. Schedule the rename, at least a few days ahead:

   Start-SPOTenantRename -DomainName "newname" -ScheduledDateTime "2026-11-15T22:00:00"

4. Follow the status with Get-SPOTenantRenameStatus.

What to watch out for

• Old links keep working for a while through redirects, but not always in apps and scripts.
• OneDrive sync, shortcuts, Power Automate flows, Power Apps and third-party apps may need to be set up again.
• Large environments take longer and limits apply. Check Microsoft's requirements first.
• Tell users in advance and schedule the change outside working hours.

Also see add a domain to Microsoft 365 and PowerShell for Microsoft 365.

Read also

Add your own domain to Microsoft 365
Set up good governance for SharePoint Online
PowerShell for Microsoft 365: a guide for beginners

Nederlandstalige versie: De SharePoint-URL van je organisatie wijzigen (tenant rename)

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