The Mitsunobu reaction has been revisited to join hydroxyazobenzene and mannose derivatives to supply photoswitchable glycoconjugates. These are suited to modulating and controlling carbohydrate‐lectin interactions, as well as to switching bacterial adhesion to surfaces. Employing hydroxyazobenzene in a Mitsunobu protocol, free mannose led to a mixture of azobenzene pyranosides and furanosides. Protected reducing mannose derivatives can give good yields of azobenzene β‐D‐mannopyranoside, and unprotected alkyl α‐D‐mannosides can be converted to 6‐O‐azobenzene‐modified glycosides in a single step. Thus, valuable “sweet switches” can be obtained under Mitsunobu conditions, requiring a minimum (or no) protecting group chemistry.