Unable to share certification - issue with credential link?!

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Unable to share certification - issue with credential link?!

Adam Joshua Smith 40

Hi,

I'm currently unable to share my certifications to LinkedIn. When attempting to do so from a desktop device I get a 'Something Went wrong' error message from LinkedIn. When attempting to do so from a mobile device I get an error stating 'Cannot display preview. You can post as is, or try another link'.

Upon selecting 'copy credential link' from my Microsoft learn account and pasting it into a browser I get a web page displaying code what I believe to me in XML format.

This happens on all my certifications via Microsoft learn. I didn't have issues sharing via credly previously. This issue also occurs on numerous devices and browsers (including incognito and private browsing). I don't believe this to be an issues locally or with Linkedin but an issue Microsoft's side

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TP 125.8K Volunteer Moderator

Hi Adam,

Currently it is generating incorrect links. The correct link should be your profile URL + credentials + credential ID. For example, say you view one of your certificates and see that the Credential ID is 6231DAB619FA8F1. The correct sharing URL in that case would be as below:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/users/adamjsmith1995/credentials/6231dab619fa8f1

Using the above you can manually share your certifications while they are fixing the site.

Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was useful.

Thanks.

-TP

Adam Joshua Smith 40 Reputation points

2023-10-05T17:23:40.3933333+00:00

Thank you. 🙂
Nirmaan Bajpai 10 Reputation points

2023-10-07T00:17:03.4633333+00:00

Were you able to share it to LinkedIn as a post? I recently got certified and am facing the same issue. Could you give me the detailed steps please?
Tommy Shau 0 Reputation points

2023-10-07T01:57:26.8466667+00:00

I confirm this solution works.
Asjad 0 Reputation points

2023-10-08T22:09:06.37+00:00

How to share the certification as a post on Linked In. The share option on Microsoft Learn is still not working.
Nirmaan Bajpai 10 Reputation points

2023-10-09T06:26:19.69+00:00

@Tommy Shau Can you share the exact process with an example? And also, were you able to display the badge, similar to what was accomplished through credly, to be displayed on LinkedIn?
Laurens Hermans 5 Reputation points

2023-10-09T14:57:11.12+00:00

Commenting to get updated 🙂
Tommy Shau 0 Reputation points

2023-10-09T21:59:34.8966667+00:00

@Nirmaan Bajpai

According to what you described, you got a link like this on the MS learn portal:
https://learn.microsoft.com/api/credentials/share/de-de/TommyShau-1065/9F8186338A399022?sharingId=5A922D36B758E68D

The workaround as provided by TP would be to take the URL of your profile and add 'credentials/<your cert id>' that you can find in the first link. :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/users/tommyshau-1065/credentials/9f8186338a399022
Laurens Hermans 5 Reputation points

2023-10-10T07:58:40.83+00:00

@Tommy Shau

This does indeed work, however Nirmaan is looking to share his new badge on LinkedIn the way it was shared through Credly.

I just noticed the incorrect URL issue is fixed now, and also sharing to LinkedIn works again.

Answer 2

I'd try asking for assistance with cert results and transcripts in dedicated forums here. Participate\Ask A Question Learn / Cert Moderators will help you from there.

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