Applies To: SharePoint 2010
In getting ready to create a new web application for our SharePoint farm I realized the default web application name of “SharePoint – 80” wasn’t very descriptive and I’d like to change it. If you’re reading this, then you probably already went through all the possible settings in Central Admin just like I did only to find this isn’t an option.
Fortunately, this can all be done through Powershell very quickly:
$wapp = Get-SPWebApplication "SharePoint - 80" $wapp.Name = "Magical Web App" $wapp.Update()
This can be written up in a script, or you can just type the lines just like above changing the names as makes sense. To verify the update was successful just use this command:
Get-SPWebApplication "Magical Web App"
You should see your new name listed with the url of your web application:
You can also check this in Central Administration under Application Management > Manage web applications:
Everything is good to go. However, this will not change the IIS website names or application pools. This takes more work than I was willing to do and I didn’t really care about that, so you’ll have to find that information elsewhere. But if you’re like me, this should be all you need!
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But these steps renames only the web application name. If you want to change web application URL You have to update AAM and IIS Host header bindings.
Found this article with complete steps: How to Rename SharePoint Web Application Name and URL
http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2013/07/how-to-change-sharepoint-web-application-name-and-url.html#ixzz2aAu26KNk
But these steps renames only the web application name. If you want to change web application URL You have to update AAM and IIS Host header bindings.
Found this article with complete steps: How to Rename SharePoint Web Application Name and URL
http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2013/07/how-to-change-sharepoint-web-application-name-and-url.html#ixzz2aAx72U6Y