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I want to edit my display name or give myself a nickname

When I @mention a team member it displays them as Last Name, First name which really interrupts the conversational flow. Slack lets me edit my display name.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I accidentally copied the wrong email when adding a member. so now the user name is not right for the email added and I can't Change it !!!!

  • Joe Santos commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    A host or presenter should be able to easily edit his/her name. Similarly, a guest or attendee should also be able to easily edit his name. ZOOM offers this feature and so do other apps, as already mentioned by my colleagues. Sometimes Microsoft programmers unnecessarily make simple things too complicated. What is the big issue of editing a name? We don't want to hear excuses. Just get this done!!! Thank you!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I have been added to a Microsoft Teams as a guest and I cannot edit my display name. It doesn't even show my Microsoft Account display name. It shows what comes before "@" in my email address. Nobody recognizes me with that. Microsoft could you please fix this?

  • Colin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Microsoft please work on resolving this issue for Government and Education institutions. This is a matter of gender and diversity that could empower individuals with how they self-identify and what they prefer to be called, which may not always line up with legal items.

  • Nahush commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi can u pls help me my profile is owned by my school but i want to change my name there is no option for that pls help.ps also im using the destop teams app

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Zoom lets me edit how I would like my name displayed. It is different for different meetings and I want to be able to edit myself.

  • a commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I went to my profile, which is top right, not the very top right but up there, i have no photo so it is a circle with an old school "subbuteo" type image in it. I clicked on that. When that screen opened, almost at the very very top it said, "edit profile", and that was where I could change my display name.

  • Jeff Waters commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is low hanging fruit. You have a great platform that is somewhat ruined by all this extra text cluttering up the conversation.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is so Microsoft. They do have every position for a product but simply just can't get things right. They do need a good leader.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    If Slack has this, why can't microsoft? Yet another reason to switch over to gmail or Slack. Microsoft continues to disappoint...

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