Modify the Subsite (Web) URL

Solution: Use the Set-SPWeb cmdlet with the RelativeURL parameter.

You can easily change the name of the relative URL in which a subsite is accessed by using the Set-SPWeb cmdlet. Provide the URL of the site as the Identity parameter, and use the RelativeURL parameter to provide the new URL, as shown in Listing 8.16.

Listing 8.16. Renaming a Subsite

Set-SPWeb -Identity "http://sp2013/sites/sitecol/newsubsite"

-RelativeURL teamsites

Notice that the RelativeURL value is not a full URL. The example essentially renames the subsite URL from newsubsite to teamsites. Therefore, after execution, the subsite is accessed by http://sp2013/sites/sitecol/teamsites/.