LinkedIn - Do you connect your Microsoft account?
Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history
Outlook (and other Microsoft 365 apps) has a great feature that shows users' LinkedIn profiles - but only if the user has connected their Microsoft account to LinkedIn.
❌ Figure: Bad example - LinkedIn profile is not connected to a Microsoft account
✅ Figure: Good example - LinkedIn profile is connected to a Microsoft account
To connect your Microsoft account
- In Outlook, hover over your name (for example, in an email to you) and click on the LinkedIn logo
Figure: Click the blue LinkedIn logo
- On the LinkedIn page that appears, click "Yes, let's go"
Figure: Sign in to LinkedIn
Note: If your Microsoft account is already connected, you'll see your LinkedIn profile here instead.
- Follow the prompts to sign in to LinkedIn, and allow access to your account
- Hover over your name again, click the LinkedIn logo and see your profile appear
You can also check this within LinkedIn. go to LinkedIn | Settings | Account Preferences | Account Management | Microsoft, and view your account connection.
Figure: Microsoft account connected
Links
See also: Microsoft's Support page on this topic