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Why is my name wrong in the community
- I have updated your username to DonAwalt
and yes next Monday it will be show up as Don Awalt (@DonAwalt)
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Can I check, did you make sure you had logged out of the community and then after changing your name log back in using this link: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/plugins/common/feature/oauth2sso/sso_login_redirect?
Using the usual sign in button would eventually pull in any changes you made to your MSA profile but only after the session cache expired (usually 2 hours)
Allen I just saw the second part of your post, I'll try it again tonight or tomorrow morning and report back. I don't think it will work though, I am pretty sure I have tried something similar, and my name on my Microsoft account has clearly been different for a long time.
- Allen
Sorry I should have read your question a little closer, the name your seeing next to your posts and used in @ mentions is not your name but your username. When you joined we set these automatically for all users as the name they had in their MSA.
As of October last year all users had to select a unique username, things like @ mentioning was becoming a nightmare with 4 or 5 people having the same username. I can change your username now but it would have to match our new username requirements which are:
between 5 - 20 characters made up of letters, numbers, hyphens or underscores. It can not contain spaces or other special characters.
You can actually see your profile updated with your correct name if you look at your profile: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/88885
We are planning to release an update on Monday that will change the name you see here to 'Your Name (@yourUsername)'
which will hopefully make it much easier for everyone concerned.
Allen Thank you for the response and persistence in trying to figure this out!
So, do you need me to do anything (like pick a username because @DonAwalt is taken), or will it be changed to Don Awalt (@DonAwalt) next Monday?
Thanks!
- AllenI have updated your username to DonAwalt
and yes next Monday it will be show up as Don Awalt (@DonAwalt)