Microsoft Learn's 'Username' and 'Display name' keep changing

Anonymous
2022-11-22T15:47:05.697+00:00

Each time I try to change the 'Username' from a generated number to an actual name it keeps changing back to the previous (or entirely different) generated number user name.
I managed to change it to a number of my choice and this worked.

Regarding 'Display name' each time I change it to an actual name, after a short while it changes back to the generated number of the 'Username' resulting in my display name always being a number.

Is there any fix for that?

Thanks in advance,
Anton Vasserman

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-11-22T15:48:10.877+00:00

    Make sure to use English alpha numeric characters.

    --please don't forget to upvote and Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--

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  2. 11166625 6 Reputation points
    2022-12-25T06:48:02.31+00:00

    anyone managed to solve this?, as I think a lot of people have the same issue

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  3. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-11-22T16:00:48.647+00:00
  4. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-11-22T16:05:45.54+00:00

    I know it was always a little buggy. Space in the display name should be fine. Try changing only one at a time.

  5. DominicPC 16 Reputation points
    2022-12-27T18:05:36.427+00:00

    If it’s any help to anyone struggling with this, my Learn account username and display name have both settled down and are staying set to whatever I enter, and not reverting back to an 8-digit number after a few hours.

    The issue for me seemed to start after I’d requested a change to the legal name on my certification profile, persisted for a couple of weeks after that, and now seems to have corrected itself.