How to change my community identity? (username & full name)
Changing Your Username You can update your username at any time by selecting your avatar in the top-right corner of the Microsoft Tech Community and navigating to My Settings. Alternatively, you may use the direct link below: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/mysettings/personal Usernames must meet the following requirements: Between 4 and 40 characters in length May include letters ( a–z , A–Z ), numbers ( 0–9 ), underscores ( _ ), or hyphens ( - ) Must be unique across the community Note: Usernames containing spaces or periods (.) are no longer supported. Changing Your Full Name Your full name is automatically synced from your Microsoft account and cannot be edited directly through the Microsoft Tech Community website. If you use a personal Microsoft account Update your name using the following link: https://account.microsoft.com/profile/edit-name After updating your name, sign back into the community using this link: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/plugins/common/feature/oauth2sso/sso_login_redirect If you use a work or school (Azure AD) account Your name is managed by your organization. Please contact your IT administrator and ask them to update your name in the Microsoft 365 User Admin center. Once your organization updates your details, sign back into the community using the link below to refresh your profile: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/plugins/common/feature/oauth2sso/sso_login_redirectCan 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.Contributing to the Community
Here is a quick guide on how you can start interacting and engaging on Tech Community! How to Ask a Question Click on the 'Community Hubs' dropdown menu on the navigation bar Click on the Community Hub that best fits your question or idea based on either product or special topic. Select the appropriate space within the Community to post your question or idea Click the 'Start a New Conversation' button Fill out the Subject and Message (Title and Body) sections of your conversation. Add a tag (or a few) that best fits your message topic. Then click “Post” to publish your conversation. Engaging with Posts Like posts by clicking on the thumbs-up icon at the bottom of the post Reply to posts by clicking the reply button, either in the main feed or on the post directly Share posts by selecting the other platform icons on the right Sending a Private Message Click on the profile picture or name of the member you want to private message Click the 'Message' button on their profile. This will open up a text editor just like the one used for posting above. Follow the same instructions!Completing your profile & connecting social media profiles
Changing an avatar Click on the default avatar at the top right of the navigation bar and select 'My Settings'. Click the edit button over the current avatar. Upload your own image, or choose a default avatar, then click save. Create a bio Click your avatar at the top right of the navigation bar and select “My Settings”. Click on the Personal tab, and provide your name, preferred pronouns, bio, and other details about yourself. When finished, click 'Save'.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.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.
