Users of certain Microsoft 365 applications (such as Teams and Outlook) can see LinkedIn profile previews of members that those users communicate and/or otherwise interact with via those applications. The display of LinkedIn profile data is designed to improve connection and collaboration by providing users of those Microsoft 365 applications with insight into the professional identities of the members they interact with.
The LinkedIn profile information shared on the Microsoft 365 applications is limited to information that members have enabled LinkedIn to share via their settings and that the application user can already view on LinkedIn. This information may, for example, include:
- Profile photo
- Headline
- Summary
- Location on your profile
- Number of connections
- Experience
- Education
- Recent articles and posts
The Microsoft 365 applications use the data available in their applications (such as your email address, name, company, etc.) to search for your profile on LinkedIn. If an exact match is found, your public profile information will be viewable by the application user. If an exact match is not found, LinkedIn provides a set of possible matches for the application user to select from. Users of the Microsoft 365 applications can also bind/connect their LinkedIn and Microsoft accounts, which allows the Microsoft 365 applications to show the user additional data available to the application user on LinkedIn (such as mutual connections).
If you are located in the EU/EEA (according to the location on your profile), you have access to a dedicated setting to manage whether your profile data is displayed to users of Microsoft 365 applications:
- Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
- Click Settings & Privacy.
- In the Visibility section, select Profile preview in Microsoft applications.
- Switch the toggle to On to allow users of Microsoft 365 applications (such as Teams, Outlook, and Windows) to view your profile information.
Please note: In order for your profile to be available via the above services, you may also have to turn on other applicable settings as referenced below.
Important to know:
- Manage your public profile information: You can customize how much of your public profile information is displayed for this use case. Learn more about your shared public profile information and how you can make updates at LinkedIn public profile visibility.
- Manage your profile’s discoverability on and off LinkedIn: You can control if users of Microsoft 365 applications can discover you by email address. Learn more about your profile’s discoverability settings at Manage your profile's visibility on and off LinkedIn.
- Manage the visibility of your profile information outside of LinkedIn: You can opt-out of sharing your data for this use case by managing your profile visibility off LinkedIn. Learn more at Off-LinkedIn visibility.