How to rename the sites directory in SharePoint 2013

Question

I have to rename the /Sites directory to /Tasks.

Eg. http://pc18:1818/sites/task1 to http://pc18:1818/tasks/task1.

Is this Possible? How can I do this?

Answer 1

Yes, you can achieve this via Powershell by using the following script to rename sub-site / site collection

$site = Get-SPSite http://pc18:1818/sites/task1 
$uri = New-Object System.Uri("http://pc18:1818/tasks/task1") 
$site.Rename($uri)

Then force the Content Database to refresh its site map with this:

((Get-SPSite http://pc18:1818/tasks/task1).contentdatabase).RefreshSitesInConfigurationDatabase

Then perform IISRESET

For more details check the detailed story at How to Rename SharePoint 2013 Site Collections Without Prayer or Sobbing