Can I merge or transfer the account I use to login to the Microsoft Tech Community
I am using my employer's credentials to login to the Microsoft Tech Community but I am moving employers. Can I take my account with me? Unfortunately, that's not possible. We're unable to change the email address on your account since your work owns the original email address. I'd like to change my email address on my account from one personal account to another (Outlook.com, etc.) This is possible. You'll need to create a second account with the new email address, which will allow us to capture some login information to apply to the first account. Once you've done this, email our team at via the Contact Us page and we can sort it for you.My name shows up as null null, why is this and how do I fix it?
Applies To: All users where their name shows as "null null" Roles Required: Any Occasionally when users register with the Microsoft Tech Community, their First and last names will show up as null null. This typically happens for one of a handful of reasons: The first and last name fields of the identity provider have not been filled in. A recently created account in AAD sometimes has not yet fully propagated to the Microsoft Graph API. An error occurred during registration. How to fix it? For issue 1, the fix is to either go to your Microsoft Account page and enter the missing details or contact your Office 365 / Microsoft 365 admin and request they complete these details for you. Which of these options is appropriate for you will depend on if you're using a personal account or an account provided by your employer. Once these details have been updated then use this login link, it will force the system to try to refresh your profile data from the Microsoft Graph. For issue 2, the only option is to wait a minimum of 8 hours and then use this link to login. Finally for issue 3, try using this login link to force a refresh and if it still doesn't work - see below. Further help Ok, so you have tried all of the above and it is still not working? then you can email the Microsoft Tech Community Team and we will usually get back to you with in 1 business day*. When you do contact us please provide the following information: Name: e-mail address you are trying to register with: Link to your profile: Any additional details or comments: *The Microsoft Tech Community Team are not available during US Holidays.How to change my community identity? (username & full name)
How do I change my community identity? (username & full name) Changing your username You can choose a new username by clicking your avatar at the top right, and clicking My Settings. Alternatively you can also click this link. User names can be between 4 and 40 characters in length and contain 0-9,a-z,A-Z, underscore (_) or hyphen(-). Usernames must be unique and if your desired username has been taken then you will be asked to choose another. Note: users names with spaces and periods(.) are no longer supported. Changing your full name Your name is pulled into our system from your Microsoft account, so we aren't able to change it on our end. If your account is using a personal email account, to change your name, update the name here, then log back into the community using this link. If your account is using a work email account, you'll need to speak to someone in your organization who is an admin and have them update the name in the O365 User Admin panel. Then log back into the community using this link.What is my User ID?
From time to time you maybe asked to join closed communities, to help us add you quickly you will be asked to provide your Microsoft Tech Community User ID. To find your Microsoft Tech Community User ID follow these steps: Login to the Microsoft Tech Community click your profile image in the top right (inside yellow box in image below) Next click My Profile (inside the green box on the image above) Your User ID is the number at the end of the URL you have now landed on. (Example: my profile is: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/10784 and so my User ID is 10784) Yours should take the same format.
