# Find Microsoft Employees by Name on LinkedIn

**Use case:** 

Search LinkedIn’s public people directory for people by name and keep candidates whose directory cards list Microsoft. Results can include names, headlines, work history, and current company when publicly shown. Change searchNames to look up different people.

## Input

```json
{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates"
  ],
  "searchNames": [
    "Satya Nadella",
    "Abdul Manan Raja"
  ],
  "searchCompany": "Microsoft",
  "maxSearchResults": 25,
  "enrichCompany": true,
  "includeStatusRows": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "headline": {
    "label": "Headline",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "headlineSource": {
    "label": "Headline Source",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "summary": {
    "label": "Summary",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "profileUrl": {
    "label": "Profile URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "profilePicture": {
    "label": "Photo",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "currentTitle": {
    "label": "Current Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "currentCompany": {
    "label": "Current Company",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "currentSchool": {
    "label": "Current School",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "followersCount": {
    "label": "Followers",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "connectionsCount": {
    "label": "Connections",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "accessRung": {
    "label": "Access Rung",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "inputUrl": {
    "label": "Input URL",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "order": {
    "label": "Order",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped At",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The LinkedIn Guest-View Profile Data Extractor Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find Microsoft Employees by Name on LinkedIn". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/ueTlfNlpEl9uSMTYa) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find Microsoft Employees by Name on LinkedIn" task

The LinkedIn Guest-View Profile Data Extractor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like profile urls, search names, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find Microsoft Employees by Name on LinkedIn" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as name, headline, headline source, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Find Microsoft Employees by Name on LinkedIn" task via API](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/linkedin-guest-view-profile-data-extractor.md).

## FAQ

### What data does the LinkedIn people search include?

The Microsoft people search task can return names, headlines, work history, location, profile links, and other fields shown publicly on LinkedIn. Fields vary by profile.

### How many LinkedIn profiles can one search return?

The Microsoft people search task is set to return at most 25 profiles for this run. The search limit can be set from 1 to 100.

### How much does it cost to find Microsoft employees on LinkedIn?

The Microsoft people search task’s result charge is at most $0.025 on the Free plan for up to 25 results. Actor start charges and Apify platform usage are additional.

### Can I export LinkedIn people search results to CSV or Excel?

Results from the Microsoft people search task land in a dataset that you can download as CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, RSS, or an HTML table, or read through the Apify API.

### How do I search for different Microsoft employees?

To look up different people with the Microsoft people search task, change the names being searched. Candidates are kept when their directory cards list the specified company.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [LinkedIn Guest-View Profile Data Extractor](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/linkedin-guest-view-profile-data-extractor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/linkedin-guest-view-profile-data-extractor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/linkedin-guest-view-profile-data-extractor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).