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Integration of MSDN Blog User Account with MSDN Forums Profile

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On January 27th the MSDN blogs user accounts merged with the MSDN Forums Profiles. 

This is part of a profile centralization effort, which consolidated our users’ profile suites down to a single account to be used across the MSDN websites.

What is the benefit?

  • The main benefit of a centralized MSDN Profile system is to simplify the online community experience.
  • The single Profile model gives you the ability to navigate seamlessly through not only the MSDN Blogs, but also through the MSDN Forums.

How will it work?

There is one of two options you will encounter as a previous user of MSDN.

  • If you have an existing blog user account but do nothave a MSDN Profile, the system will use your pre-existing Blogs account to create a MSDN Profile.
    • When you make your initial visit the Blogs after the update, you will notice that some aspects of your profile (your avatar, for example) may have changed.
    • To update this information, you can simply click on your name in the site header, which will take you to your MSDN Profile page, where you can customize your settings.
    • Once your MSDN profile has been created, you will be given a chance to review and change your Blog site specific settings. 
  • If you already have both a blog user account as well as a MSDN Profile, you will notice that the MSDN Blogs will now display your MSDN Profile information.
    • Clicking on your name in the site header will take you to your MSDN profile page, where you can view and edit your profile.
    • The Settings link will now take you to the Blog Site Settings page.  It is here where you will be able to manage any Blogs specific settings such as: editor, type, date, format, time zone and so forth. 
    • From the settings page, you will also be able to manage and find your Friends.

For those who don’t yet have a user account or a MSDN Profile, you will be guided through the new MSDN Profile creation process.  From that point forward, MSDN will use the MSDN Profile automatically.

You are not required to create an MSDN Profile to read a blog or other MSDN content. You will need a profile to add MSDN Community Content, and some blogs will require a Profile to post a comment there.

We are very excited about bringing the Blogs to the MSDN Profile.  This is a tremendous step forward which will make an already awesome community that much richer!

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 25, 2011
    Will normal user allowed to post blog entry after this integration?

  • Anonymous
    January 25, 2011
    Not at this time... Hosting and writing for an MSDN Blog is only available to Full Time Microsoft employees at this time. It is something we've been considering but aren't yet ready to make that change. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2011
    how do i create an msdn blog as a microsoft employee?

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2011
    how do i associate my @hotmail.com account to my @microsoft.com account?

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2011
    Has this been started or has it been completed?

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2011
    The work has now been completed. As an Microsoft Employee, please visit http://bloginfo while on Corpnet for more information. The blogs do not work with @microsoft.com Live ID accounts. Information regarding associating your Live ID to your domain alias was sent in email.

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2011
    Your email address is already in use by another user, NanaLich. In order to complete account creation you must first change the private email that is set for the user NanaLich. Please sign out and then sign in with the Windows Live ID associated to the NanaLich account. Modify the private email and then reattempt to create this account. If you do not recognize this user NanaLich, please use the site feedback form to report this problem so that we can assist you in creating your account. Since I don't get a blog profile at all, how could I fix this problem?

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2011
    @Nana's Lich - do you have another Live ID you've used before? You may have signed in and then set the private email address to a different email than your Live ID? If you log in with that other Live ID, you can then go into Settings to change the Private Email address. Once changed, you can then sign in with the new Live ID.

  • Anonymous
    February 01, 2011
    I'm now getting new user sign ups in the master RSS feed.  Is that normal?

  • Anonymous
    February 09, 2011
    I cannot login after this change. It tells me that a user with my email address already exists, and that I should login with the Live ID account that is associated with that email address to change the associated email on the "old" account. I was however logging in with that live ID account, I only have one, so I am stuck at this point. My blogs.msdn.com username is "egil".

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2011
    Hi could I make an MSDN blog

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2011
    I have a spelling error in my username (stupid typo, fat fingers).  How can I go about changing it to the proper spelling?

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2011
    I used to have a Blog that was created under my @microsoft.com and now I am unable to access it anymore. I am required now to sign-in at Microsoft.com under my Domainusername. Every time I try to sign-in at that page I get the "Sorry, we cannot sign you in to this service with your @MICROSOFT.COM ID.". If it was the intention with the new changes that Microsoft Employees would get locked out of their Blogs and thus quit Blogging then it was a successful project.

  • Anonymous
    May 17, 2011
    I am trying to sign into blogs.msdn.com and get the error below.  I am Jeff Wharton and my private email is my Windows Live ID and it's what I use to sign-in to MSDN/Technet Forums.  i don;t want to change my provate email as everything I do is based around it.  How can I sign in to blogs.msdn.com and link it to my EXISTSING Windows Live ID? Sorry! We can't create your account right now. Your email address is already in use by another user, Jeff Wharton. In order to complete account creation you must first change the private email that is set for the user Jeff Wharton. Please sign out and then sign in with the Windows Live ID associated to the Jeff Wharton account. Modify the private email and then reattempt to create this account. If you do not recognize this user Jeff Wharton, please use the site feedback form to report this problem so that we can assist you in creating your account. Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2011
    I have an Msdn blog but i am unable to make any post.. i see no option now to make a blog post.. i was inactive for quite some time now but want to be back in community.. please help

  • Anonymous
    June 24, 2011
    Hi everyone! If you have troubles for login into your account, need send a feedback to MSDN blogs click on Provide Site Feedback on MSDN Blogs on home page or go to this url lab.msdn.microsoft.com/.../contactus.aspx and in few minutes the team can resolved your access trouble. Regards

  • Anonymous
    February 13, 2012
    Awesome

  • Anonymous
    February 16, 2012
    The integrated environment is very beautiful to work with.  Awesome.

  • Anonymous
    February 16, 2012
    Why is that we don't have asp.net forums integrated into msdn yet. Is there any plans of integrating the same in future.

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2012
    How do I post in my blog...?

  • Anonymous
    April 25, 2012
    Hello John, I would like to know how am i able to write the blogs by myself. because I cannot write it at this time or not the interface to do it. Hope your help!

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2012
    Hello Buddy, I want to post my blog, how to? i don't look button post or dashboard blog in my page.

  • Anonymous
    August 28, 2012
    How do you post to your blog? I've created one but have no clue on how too!

  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2012
    may i post my blog with my mother language ?

  • Anonymous
    July 08, 2013
    How i do a new post?

  • Anonymous
    July 17, 2013
    How to post ?

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2013
    To everyone asking how to post blogs - the MSDN and TechNet blogs are reserved for Microsoft employees only.  If you are a MSFT employee, please send me an email request and I will help you get setup for blogging.

  • Anonymous
    September 26, 2013
    It took me a while to understand that only Microsoft employees can create blogs here. You could present this crucial information a bit clearer. It's not obvious to a visitor.

  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2014
    @Papageno ...no sh*t... It would be nice if that info was in bold print somewhere OBVIOUS... And why can't we make our own, anyway? What exactly is everyone afraid of?

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2015
    It seems 5 years passed since the posting. And many users still ask the same question: Why many talented developers from across the world have no chances to create their blogs on the Microsoft platform? Do you have any idea in this regard?