Dec 06 2017 03:57 AM
Mar 26 2018 11:00 AM
Mar 28 2018 02:05 AM
Jul 21 2018 01:55 PM
Blanking the last name field has no effect:
Setting the last name field to a single letter affects the heading on the profile page, but has no effect on the page title or post bylines.
How bizarrely dysfunctional.
Jul 23 2018 05:36 AM
Jul 23 2018 09:29 AM
SolutionHi Both,
I am afraid the surname is populated by the SSO flow from the Microsoft Account or the Office 365 account and is a required field. As a result you can update it all you like in the "Personal Information" section, as suggested above, however on next login it will reset back to the information on your respective profile.
We do not currently support the concept of nicknames, if you would like to see that in a future version of the community please feel free to submit it in our idea's space and we will of course consider it, if enough users ask for it.
Microsoft Account users can change their name in the Microsoft Account Profile page.
Note when you do so the update in the community is not always immediate, although you can force it by clicking this link.
Jan 22 2020 11:41 AM
@Marcus Kjellberg Sorry to revive a zombie thread. Ditto here due to O365 settings. Have you found a workaround? Thanks
Mar 14 2020 11:32 AM
Mar 19 2020 01:13 PM - edited Mar 19 2020 01:16 PM
me too. i dont think it shows anywhere actually, becuase if i open my profile in a private window it just shows my nickname. However i would like to completely remove my naem from this. i get the message
"Your first name and last name are automatically provided by your Microsoft Account, Office 365 Account or alias you use to login to the Microsoft Tech Community and cannot be changed here."
However i have a technet account and other microsoft accounts that are not linked to my company (but with the same email) i was not given the option of using those when signing up. it just automatically took my single sign on credentials from work.
no one should be using their real name online period.
ill see if it shows in this post.
EDIT: luckily it does not, but having it online at al, even in my own visible profile to myself makes me extremely uncomfortable. Now its sitting in a database, and since all databases WILL be hacked eventually its not a great feeling.
Mar 18 2021 09:15 AM
Mar 19 2021 06:42 AM
Hi everyone,
Looking at the issue going on here, there is an idea in the ideas space of not showing your real name on the Microsoft Tech Community website and just your nickname. If you like the idea, you may upvote it.
Jul 23 2018 09:29 AM
SolutionHi Both,
I am afraid the surname is populated by the SSO flow from the Microsoft Account or the Office 365 account and is a required field. As a result you can update it all you like in the "Personal Information" section, as suggested above, however on next login it will reset back to the information on your respective profile.
We do not currently support the concept of nicknames, if you would like to see that in a future version of the community please feel free to submit it in our idea's space and we will of course consider it, if enough users ask for it.
Microsoft Account users can change their name in the Microsoft Account Profile page.
Note when you do so the update in the community is not always immediate, although you can force it by clicking this link.