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Link your Microsoft Learn profile to Partner Center and get access to Partner University

In this article, you learn how to link your Microsoft Learn profile to your Partner Center account and how to get access to Partner University. Linking your profile allows your organization to get credit for the trainings, assessments, and certifications that you complete in Microsoft Learn and Partner University. You can manage these processes through the Partner Center page for Learn profile linking.

What you need to know

Before you start, consider the following information and requirements:

  • Microsoft Learn and Partner University are online learning platforms that help you gain skills and earn Microsoft certifications. They also contribute to your organization's skilling scores for membership programs, such as specializations and Solutions Partner designations.

  • You need to have access to Partner Center to link your profiles. Your account admin can create a user for you in Partner Center with your official email ID. You don't need any specific role to link your profiles.

  • You need to have a personal Microsoft account to sign up for Microsoft Learn and Partner University. To learn more, see Create a Microsoft Learn profile.

  • You need to complete at least one certification on Microsoft Learn before you can link your profile to Partner Center. To check your certifications on your Microsoft Learn profile page:

    1. Sign in to Microsoft Learn.
    2. Select your profile avatar, and then select Profile > Transcript. You should have at least one completed certification before you can link this account to Partner Center.

Follow these steps to link your Microsoft certifications to your Partner Center profile, so that your organization gets scores and is counted in skilling:

  1. Sign in to Microsoft Learn with your Microsoft account and complete at least one certification.

  2. Sign in to the Partner Center page for Learn profile linking with your work or school account.

  3. On the left menu, select Learning Profile.

  4. Select Link Microsoft Learn Profile. Follow the process of linking when you're prompted, by using your Microsoft account.

After you link your profile, your certifications and assessments appear in Partner Center within 10 days. Your organization also gets qualifying points for specializations or Solutions Partner designation offerings.

Note

As a partner admin with access to employee information across the organization, you can view the list of employees who linked their certifications in Partner Center. In the membership workspace, on the left menu, select the Solutions Partner Insight link.

  1. Sign in to the Partner Center page for Learn profile linking with your work or school account.

  2. Select Unlink Microsoft Learn profile.

When you unlink your profile, it stops your certifications from being credited to your organization. You can link your profile to another Partner Center account if you want. You can link and unlink your profile up to three times per year, with a 30-day waiting period between each linking.

Get access to Partner University

  1. Sign in to the Partner Center page for Learn profile linking with your work or school account.

  2. Select Sign up for Partner University access. The Partner University page opens.

  3. Sign up with your Microsoft account.

After you sign up, your work or school account in Partner Center is linked to your personal Partner University account. You also get access to Partner University and complete courses, assessments, and learning paths. Your organization gets credit for the trainings that you complete within 10 days.

Remove access to Partner University

  1. Sign in to the Partner Center page for Learn profile linking with your work or school account.

  2. Select Remove access.

Removing access unlinks your Partner University account from Partner Center. You can't access Partner University unless you link your account again. Partner University is available only to Microsoft partners.

Get admin access to Partner University

  1. Get Microsoft partner admin access in Partner Center. To learn more, see User role to manage the membership workspace.

  2. Remove and gain access again to Partner University. Your admin rights are updated.

Frequently asked questions

Use these frequently asked questions to learn more about linking profiles in Partner Center.

What is a Microsoft account?

A Microsoft account is a personal account that's used to access Microsoft services and products, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Xbox, and Microsoft 365. It typically involves an email address and password that you use to sign in across Microsoft platforms for both personal and work-related activities. To learn more, see How to create a new Microsoft account.

No. Each user must sign in to Partner Center and link their own profile. This requirement helps protect your privacy and data.

What should I do if I have trouble linking my Microsoft Learn profile to Partner Center?

Make sure that you complete at least one certification on Microsoft Learn and that you use the same Microsoft account for both platforms. If you still have problems, contact support.

How do I check if I completed at least one certification in my Microsoft Learn profile?

Sign in to Microsoft Learn. Select your profile avatar, and then select Profile from the dropdown menu. On the profile menu, select Transcript. Your transcript displays all successfully completed certifications.

How long does it take for my certifications to appear in Partner Center?

It usually takes around 10 days for your certifications or linkages to be reflected in Partner Center specializations or Solutions Partner designation programs.

If you change your company, you can link your Microsoft account with the new company's Partner Center account. Linking to a new company automatically unlinks your Microsoft account from the previous company's account.

How do I get a list of users who linked their profiles in my organization?

Only the person with the role of Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program partner admin can download this report. To download the report, use these steps:

  1. Sign in to Partner Center.

  2. Select the Settings (gear) icon on the upper right, and then select Account settings.

  3. Select User management.

  4. Select the Export learning users link.

A spreadsheet is downloaded with a list of users who linked from your organization.

How do I get a list of trainings or certifications that users in my organization completed?

Only the person with the role of executive report viewer can download this report. To download the report, use these steps:

  1. Sign in to Partner Center.

  2. On the Partner Center dashboard, select the Insights workspace.

  3. On the left pane, select Downloads Hub.

  4. Select Create new report.

  5. Select Cloud product performance.

  6. Select Basic.

  7. In the list, select Trainings. Then select the columns that you want and the time range for the report.

  8. Enter a report name, and then select Download now.

A spreadsheet is downloaded with a list of users who completed various training and certification programs.

What should I do if I reach the limit of associations per year?

You can associate your Microsoft account with a Partner Center account up to three times per year, with a 30-day waiting period between each association. Check your profile for the date when you can start a new association.

There are two main reasons for a failure:

  • Before you link your Microsoft Learn profile to your Partner Center account, you must first complete at least one exam or certification in your Microsoft Learn profile.
  • Linking involves multiple systems across the Microsoft ecosystem working together. Occasionally, there might be temporary connection problems, which typically resolve themselves within a few minutes or hours. In such cases, we recommend trying again later.

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