Quick answer
Claim the Credly badge Certiport emails you, open it, click Share → Add to profile, and LinkedIn opens with the certification pre-filled — click Save2. It lands in the Licenses & certifications section with a clickable, verifiable badge link. On a résumé, write the exact credential name — Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps) — the issuer, the month and year, and the badge URL. Do not write “Microsoft certified in Excel” or “MOS Expert” unless that is literally what you hold.
Step 1 — claim the badge first
Passing a Microsoft Office Specialist exam earns you three things: a printable certificate and transcript in your Certiport account, and a digital badge. “Credly is our digital badging platform,” Certiport says, and “each badge contains verifiable data that tells the world what you did, who says you did it, and why it matters.”1 The badge is what you want on LinkedIn, because it is a link a recruiter can click to confirm the credential is real, rather than a line of text they have to take on trust.
Certiport’s badging page points to Credly’s help articles for accepting the badge, managing and sharing it, and embedding it in an email signature1. If no badge email arrives after a pass, the issuer to contact is Certiport, not Credly.
Step 2 — add it to LinkedIn from Credly
Credly’s own steps, which populate LinkedIn for you2:
- “First go to your Dashboard and click into the badge you’d like to share.”
- Click Share at the top of the badge page. Connect and authorise LinkedIn if asked.
- “Once connected, you’ll see both options to Add to profile or Share to Feed.” Choose Add to profile.
- LinkedIn opens with the badge information filled in. Click Save.
- When LinkedIn offers to share the addition with your network, Credly recommends skipping that prompt at this point so the badge link stays clickable; you can post about it separately.
Two fields that trip people up
Credential ID. “Credly does not provide credential ID’s. This is an optional field and can be left blank.”2 Leave it empty; the Credential URL does the verifying. Issuing organization. If it does not populate, “you can type in the name of the issuing organization within this field”2 — use Microsoft, since the credential is Microsoft’s and Certiport is the exam provider.
Adding it by hand instead
You can also add the entry without Credly. LinkedIn’s help article on managing the Licenses & certifications section covers adding, editing and removing entries from your profile3; the path is your profile → Add profile section → Licenses & certifications. Fill in the same four things: the exact credential name, Microsoft as the issuing organization, the issue month and year, and the badge’s public URL from Credly as the Credential URL. Leave the expiry blank — Microsoft publishes no expiry rule for Office Specialist certifications, only a “renewal frequency” field on the credential page4.
Step 3 — use the name you actually earned
Read carefully
There are two different “Expert” credentials, and putting the wrong one on a profile is the most common mistake we see. Pass exam MO-211 and you hold Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps) — one exam, one app5. Microsoft Office Specialist: Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps), with no app name, is a stacked credential that requires the Associate credential (three exams in different programs) plus two Expert exams in different programs6. Writing “MOS Expert” when you hold Excel Expert claims a five-exam credential you do not have, and it is a click away from being checked. Copy the name from the badge.
Step 4 — the résumé line
Under a Certifications heading (not under Education, and not under Skills), one line per credential in this shape:
| Write | Not |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps) — Microsoft, Sep 2026 — credly.com/badges/… | Excel Expert certified |
| Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Associate (Microsoft 365 Apps) — Microsoft, Jun 2026 | Microsoft Excel Certification |
| Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA) — Corporate Finance Institute, 2026 | CFI certified financial modeler |
If you hold Excel Expert, listing Associate as well adds nothing — Expert has no prerequisite5, so nobody expects to see both. Put the badge URL on the line only when the résumé will be read on screen; on paper it is noise. In the Skills section, keep “Microsoft Excel” as a skill and, if the format allows, name what you use it for: PivotTables, Power Query, lookups, dashboards. The certification proves the skill; the skills list says what you do with it.
Email signature and the feed
Certiport links directly to Credly’s instructions for embedding the badge in an email signature1; it is a small image linked to the badge page. It suits people who sell Excel skills — trainers, freelancers, consultants — more than employees. And the LinkedIn feed post that Credly’s Share to Feed option creates is worth doing once, on the day, separately from the profile entry: it is the thing your network actually sees.
Not certified yet? The exam is 50 minutes, hands-on inside Excel, and a $104 voucher. Expert has no prerequisite, so if you already use PivotTables and lookups daily you can skip Associate entirely.
Related
How do I add my Excel certification to LinkedIn?
Open the badge in your Credly dashboard, click Share, then Add to profile. LinkedIn opens with the certification details filled in; click Save. Or add it by hand under Add profile section → Licenses & certifications, using the exact credential name, Microsoft as the issuer, the issue date and the Credly badge URL.
What do I put in the Credential ID field for a Microsoft Office Specialist certification?
Nothing. Credly states that it does not provide credential IDs and the field is optional. The Credential URL — the public link to your Credly badge — is what lets someone verify it.
Who is the issuing organization for a MOS Excel certification: Microsoft or Certiport?
Microsoft. The credential is Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Associate or Excel Expert; Certiport delivers the exam and issues the badge on Microsoft’s behalf. If the field does not fill in automatically, type Microsoft.
How do I list an Excel certification on a résumé?
Under a Certifications heading, one line: the exact credential name, the issuer, and the month and year — for example “Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps) — Microsoft, Sep 2026”. Add the badge URL if the résumé will be read on screen. Course certificates of completion belong under a separate training heading.
Is “Excel Expert” the same as “MOS Expert”?
No. Excel Expert is earned by one exam, MO-211. Microsoft Office Specialist: Expert is a stacked credential that needs the Associate credential plus two Expert exams in different programs. List the one you hold, by its full name.
Sources
- MOS Badging — Certiport. Accessed September 9, 2026.
- How can I add my badge to my LinkedIn profile and share to my feed? — Credly Help Center. Accessed September 9, 2026.
- Manage Licenses & certifications — LinkedIn Help. Accessed September 9, 2026.
- Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Associate (Microsoft 365 Apps) — Microsoft Learn. Accessed September 3, 2026.
- Exam MO-211: Microsoft Excel Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps) — Microsoft Learn. Accessed September 3, 2026.
- Microsoft Office Specialist: Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps) — Microsoft Learn. Accessed September 3, 2026.