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Ollie
Brass Contributor
Jun 06, 2018

Restrict access for AD to AD Azure synced user to Office 365

Hi, I want to restrict access for AD to AD Azure synced user without disabling their account.   I have set their logon hours to "Logon Denied" see attached. After a sync, the user can still acces...
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e-aldo
Iron Contributor
Jun 07, 2018

Block a former employee's access to Office 365 data

IMPORTANT: Blocking an account can take up to 24 hours to take effect. If you need to immediately prevent a user's sign-in access, you should https://support.office.com/en-us/article/reset-their-password-7a5d073b-7fae-4aa5-8f96-9ecd041aba9c and then initiate a one-time event that will sign them out of Office 365 sessions across all devices. See https://support.office.com/en-us/article/remove-a-former-employee-from-office-365-44d96212-4d90-4027-9aa9-a95eddb367d1#bkmk_now

To block a user from signing in and accessing Office 365 data:

  1. Go to the https://portal.office.com/adminportal/home.

  2. In the Office 365 admin center, select Users.

    Click on User.

  3. Select the employee that you want to block, and then choose Edit next to Sign-in status in the user pane.

    Choose edit next to Sign-in status

  4. On the Sign-in status pane, choose Sign-in blocked and then Save.

Note : You can also block a former employee's access to email (Exchange Online)

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