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Entra ID User Actions

Updated over a month ago

Suspend (Block) a user via Entra Admin Portal

  • Go to Entra Admin Center → Users → All users, find and select the user

  • Set Account Enabled = No (Block sign-in = Yes) under Edit properties, then Save

  • Suspend (Block) a user via PowerShell

  • Update-MgUser -UserId "[email protected]" -BodyParameter @{AccountEnabled = $false} -Verbose

Password Reset via Microsoft Entra Admin Center

  • Go to Microsoft Entra Admin Center → Users → Find the affected user

  • Click Reset Password → Choose the Reset password > Ensure you have the message “Password has been reset”

  • Save the new password temporarily in a secure location, such as a vault, for the next steps, and send it to the user

Password Reset via PowerShell

  • Connect first with Global Admin permissions
    Connect-MgGraph -Scopes User.ReadWrite.All

  • Generate a random password (example)

Update-MgUser -UserId "[email protected]" -PasswordProfile @{ ForceChangePasswordNextSignIn = $true; Password = "Put Temporary Password } -Verbose

  • Reset MFA Settings

Reset MFA Settings via Microsoft Entra Admin Center

  • Entra Admin Center → Users → The required Users → Authentication Methods → Require re-registration of multifactor authentication

  • When the Require re-registration multifactor authentication pop-up message appears, choose OK

  • Then, the Require User Verification will run

Note: This will reset all MFA registrations and force re-enrollment.

Reset Session via PowerShell

Wait for a message in PowerShell

  • Re-enable the User Account via PowerShell

  • Update-MgUser -UserId "[email protected]" -AccountEnabled $true

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