Rename Site collections in SharePoint 2013

In SharePoint 2013 renaming a site collection is much easier using powershell cmdlet Copy-SPSite.
No need for backup,delete and restore site collection to new URL for just for the sake of renaming. SharePoint Admins are definitely going to love this feature.

Few advantages -

* No risk of losing data
* Can copy site collection to different Webapplication with -DestinationDatabase parameter.
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