It’s easy to view a person’s LinkedIn profile directly in Teams. When you view a person's profile card or go to any one-on-one chat, you can quickly see their experience, education, skills, and more. You can also expand your LinkedIn network and connect with people on LinkedIn without leaving Teams. 

Your organization needs to enable the LinkedIn integration in Teams for you to access it. When your organization enables the LinkedIn integration, you can access LinkedIn in Outlook too.  

From chat

  1. In Teams, go to any one-on-one chat and click the LinkedIn tab.  A red box highlights the LinkedIn tab in Teams.  

  2. See that person’s recent posts, experience, skills, endorsements, and more.   A LinkedIn profile in Teams.

From a profile card

  1. Hover over a person's profile picture to open their profile card.

  2. Select Find LinkedIn profile. Or under LinkedIn, select Show profile matches.

Connect your LinkedIn and Microsoft accounts

You can access LinkedIn profiles in Teams without connecting your LinkedIn and Microsoft accounts. But if you choose to connect these accounts, you can discover more about people. Find out what you have in common with them, see your degrees of connection, and connect on LinkedIn without leaving Teams. 

  1. In Teams, go to any one-on-one chat and click the LinkedIn tab.   A red box highlights the LinkedIn tab in Teams.

  2. Select Sign in now to connect your LinkedIn account.   In the LinkedIn tab in Teams, a red box highlights the sign in now button.

  3. Connect your LinkedIn account to Microsoft apps.A popup to connect your LinkedIn account with Microsoft apps.

  4. Connect your Microsoft account to LinkedIn.A popup to connect your Microsoft account with LinkedIn.

  5. Or, select the profile of the person you’d like to connect with.   In the LinkedIn tab in Teams, a red box highlights a matching LinkedIn profile.

  6. Choose Sign in to connect, then follow steps three and four to connect your Microsoft and LinkedIn accounts.A red box highlights the LinkedIn sign in to connect button.  

    You only need to sign in the first time you connect with someone on LinkedIn. After that, you'll remain signed in, so it's easy to expand your LinkedIn network.

More info about using LinkedIn in Teams

How to integrate LinkedIn account connections 

What info can be shared between LinkedIn and Microsoft accounts?

LinkedIn in Microsoft applications

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