Displaying your Microsoft Learn badges on your LinkedIn profile is a great way to showcase your technical skills and qualifications. Microsoft Learn is Microsoft’s free online training platform that offers role-based certifications and badges for various Microsoft products and technologies. Earning these badges demonstrates your proficiency in areas like Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and more.
Adding Microsoft Learn badges to your LinkedIn profile makes your skills and expertise easily discoverable to recruiters and hiring managers. It shows you’ve put in the work to learn and get certified on Microsoft technologies. In this article, we’ll walk through the steps to connect your Microsoft Learn profile with LinkedIn and display your badges.
Prerequisites
Before you can show off Microsoft Learn badges on LinkedIn, make sure you meet these prerequisites:
- You must have a Microsoft Learn profile.
- You must have earned badges on Microsoft Learn.
- You must have a LinkedIn profile.
- Your Microsoft Learn profile and LinkedIn profile should use the same email address.
If you don’t already have these set up, take a few minutes to:
- Create a Microsoft Learn profile.
- Earn some badges by completing learning paths and modules on Microsoft Learn.
- Create a LinkedIn profile if you don’t already have one.
- Make sure both profiles use the same email address as the primary email address.
Connect Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn
Once you meet the prerequisites, you can connect your Microsoft Learn profile and LinkedIn profile:
- Go to your Microsoft Learn profile page.
- Click on your profile picture in the top right corner.
- Select “Settings” from the dropdown menu.
- Click on “LinkedIn settings” on the left sidebar.
- Click “Connect to LinkedIn” and authorize the connection.
This will link your Microsoft Learn profile to your LinkedIn account. The next time you earn a badge on Microsoft Learn, it will automatically be added to your LinkedIn profile.
Manually add Microsoft Learn badges to LinkedIn
If you’ve already earned Microsoft Learn badges but haven’t connected the profiles yet, you can manually add badges to LinkedIn:
- Go to your Microsoft Learn profile page.
- Click on “Badges” in the left sidebar to see your earned badges.
- Click on a badge.
- Click the “Share to LinkedIn” button for that badge.
- A popup will ask you to authorize sharing the badge to LinkedIn. Click “Authorize.”
- On LinkedIn, you’ll see a prompt to add the badge to your profile. Click “Add to profile.”
Follow these steps for each badge you want to showcase on LinkedIn. Going forward, any new badges will be automatically shared once you connect your Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn profiles.
Display Microsoft Learn badges on your LinkedIn profile
Once you’ve shared your Microsoft Learn badges to LinkedIn, they won’t be visible on your profile just yet. Here’s how to showcase them:
- Go to your LinkedIn profile.
- Click “Add profile section” on your intro card.
- Select “Licenses & certifications.”
- Microsoft Learn badges will appear in this section. You can drag and drop to reorder them.
- Click “Show” to ensure the Licenses & certifications section appears on your profile.
Your Microsoft Learn badges are now prominently displayed on your LinkedIn profile for recruiters and colleagues to see!
Edit badge visibility settings
If you want to tweak which Microsoft Learn badges appear on your LinkedIn profile, you can edit the visibility settings:
- Go to your Microsoft Learn profile.
- Click on “Badges” in the left sidebar.
- Hover over a badge and click the “…” icon.
- Select “Visibility settings.”
- Choose whether you want the badge “Visible” or “Hidden” on LinkedIn.
- Click “Update.”
Repeat this for each badge to customize which ones get shared on your LinkedIn profile.
Remove Microsoft Learn badges from LinkedIn
What if you want to remove Microsoft Learn badges from LinkedIn altogether? Here are two options to unlink them:
Option 1: Disconnect Microsoft Learn from LinkedIn
- Go to your Microsoft Learn profile.
- Click your profile picture > Settings.
- Click “LinkedIn settings.”
- Click “Disconnect from LinkedIn.”
This will prevent any future Microsoft Learn badges from being shared to LinkedIn. But it won’t remove the badges already on your LinkedIn profile.
Option 2: Manually remove individual badges
- Go to your LinkedIn profile.
- Click “Licenses & certifications” in the sidebar.
- Hover over a Microsoft badge and click “More > Remove from profile.”
Repeat for each badge you want to remove from LinkedIn. Just be aware this doesn’t disconnect the profiles – any new Microsoft Learn badges could get added again.
Conclusion
Displaying Microsoft Learn badges on LinkedIn is a simple way to demonstrate your expertise with Microsoft technologies to recruiters and colleagues. First, connect your Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn profiles using the same primary email address. Then share badges individually or let them automatically sync. Add a Licenses & certifications section to your LinkedIn profile to showcase your hard-earned badges. With your Microsoft Learn achievements on display, your LinkedIn profile becomes that much more compelling!
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Display badges |
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Remove from LinkedIn |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why should I add Microsoft Learn badges to LinkedIn?
Displaying Microsoft Learn badges on your LinkedIn profile showcases your technical skills and qualifications on Microsoft technologies. It makes it easy for recruiters and colleagues to see your expertise with Azure, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and more.
What’s the benefit of connecting my Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn profiles?
Connecting the two profiles using the same email address allows new Microsoft Learn badges to automatically sync to your LinkedIn profile. You don’t have to manually share each new badge.
Where do Microsoft Learn badges appear on my LinkedIn profile?
Microsoft Learn badges will appear in the Licenses & certifications section of your LinkedIn profile. You may need to add this section if it’s not already there.
Can I choose which Microsoft Learn badges display on my LinkedIn profile?
Yes, you can edit the visibility setting for each badge on Microsoft Learn to control whether it appears as “Visible” or “Hidden” on LinkedIn.
What’s the easiest way to remove a Microsoft Learn badge from LinkedIn?
The simplest option is to hover over the badge on your LinkedIn profile and click “Remove from profile.” Just be aware this doesn’t disconnect the profiles.
Summary
Here are some key points to recap on connecting Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn:
- Meet prerequisites like having both profiles and using the same email address.
- Connect the profiles under Microsoft Learn account settings.
- Manually share badges if needed until profiles are connected.
- Add a Licenses & certifications section on LinkedIn to display badges.
- Control visibility of each badge under Microsoft Learn settings.
- Removing badges can be done individually or by disconnecting profiles.
Showcasing your Microsoft Learn achievements on your LinkedIn profile highlights your expertise and qualifications in a way that’s easily discovered. Through connections and badges, you can demonstrate technology skills learned through Microsoft’s training platform.