Teams Channels and SharePoint Folders Now in Sync

When you rename a folder in Teams, it will automatically be renamed in SharePoint.

This new release will simultaneously rename the corresponding folder in SharePoint sites whenever a channel in Teams is renamed. The update will eliminate confusion and the difficulty in tracking that occurs when a channel in Teams is renamed and the corresponding folder’s naming convention is not updated accordingly in SharePoint – providing greater clarity for users.

This will roll out on desktop and web next month, across all Microsoft 365 endpoints, and will be available for all Standard and Private channels that are renamed after the rollout.

• For Standard channels, the corresponding folder in SharePoint will be renamed.
• For Private channels, the corresponding folder in SharePoint will be renamed.
• For legacy Teams channels that were renamed prior to this rollout, there will be no change. When a legacy channel is renamed after this release, it will simultaneously rename the corresponding SharePoint folder.
• Upon renaming a channel, the new folder name will only reflect the same name in the corresponding OneDrive sync client when the whole document library has been synched. When only the channel folder is synched, the new name will not be reflected in the OneDrive sync client.

Drew Eubank • 2021-Sep-28