MC306666 – Updated June 14, 2022: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft apologizes for not sending an earlier update regarding our delayed rollout. Microsoft delayed the feature release to ensure the best possible experience for our users, and it is now ready.
As previously mentioned (MC280294 – August), this new release will update the channel rename experience in Teams to simultaneously rename the corresponding folder in SharePoint sites whenever a channel in Teams is renamed. Microsoft is taking this step to eliminate the difficulty in tracking, across all Microsoft 365 endpoints, that occurs when a channel in Teams is renamed and the corresponding folder’s naming convention is not updated accordingly in SharePoint. This will rollout on Teams desktop and web.
Key points
How this will affect your organization
This new feature’s pairing of the naming convention between Teams channels and the corresponding SharePoint folders will help to eliminate confusion across all Microsoft 365 endpoints, providing greater clarity for users.
This new feature will be available for all Standard and Private channels that are renamed after the rollout.
What you need to do to prepare
You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate.
Review any automated script dependency on channel folders in SharePoint.
Previous Microsoft Teams Changelog Messages
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