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Matthew Sutton's avatar
Matthew Sutton
Brass Contributor
Jan 12, 2018

Disable ability for user to change password in Azure AD

Hi - anyway to prevent an Azure AD cloud only user from changing their password - like you could do on-prem?   thanks
Azure Active Directory (AAD)
Kamal Bhatt's avatar
Kamal Bhatt
Copper Contributor
Jan 01, 2019

Yes there is a way.

 

Here it is: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_o365admin-mso_manage/disable-password-changing-option-in-owa-office-365/5d5cbf4f-ff7b-47f4-98c5-6e767f6c4524 

  • JeradF's avatar
    JeradF
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 24, 2021

    Kamal Bhatt Can confirm that doesn't prevent users from changing their Office 365 account password under "View Account - Change Password".

    This may prevent a user from changing their password from within Outlook, but certainly doesn't not prevent them from changing their O365 password. 

    Only way I've been able to prevent the password change is to disable Password Writeback on AAD connect. This will generate the "Your organization doesn't allow you to change your password here" when users try to change their password via their Office portal. 

    I know then this defeats the purpose of selective password writeback / changing, but that's all I've been able to find so far. 

    If anyone else has any other suggestions, I would absolutely love to hear them. 

    • FSERZ's avatar
      FSERZ
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 20, 2022
      I want to bring the theme up again. Is there any new possibility to disable users to change passwords?

      Thanks.
      • RogerVenice's avatar
        RogerVenice
        Copper Contributor
        Dec 30, 2022
        Same

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