Revolving sessions in Azure AD is a crucial step in protecting user data and identity. This is because compromised sessions can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information.
To revoke a session, you can use the Azure AD portal, PowerShell, or the Azure AD Graph API. The Azure AD portal provides a simple and intuitive interface for managing sessions.
Revoking a session immediately ends the user's access to all Azure AD applications and services. This ensures that even if a user's account is compromised, their sensitive data remains secure.
Azure AD allows you to revoke sessions for individual users or in bulk, depending on your organization's needs.
Revoke User Sessions
You can use the Revoke-MgUserSignInSession cmdlet to revoke access for Entra ID accounts. This cmdlet is in beta, but it performs the same task as the Invoke-MgInvalidateUserRefreshToken cmdlet.
Microsoft recommends using the Revoke-MgUserSignInSession cmdlet in the future because it is part of the production module. However, the Invoke-MgInvalidateUserRefreshToken cmdlet still works and has the benefit of being part of the production module.
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Using the Revoke-MgUserSignInSession cmdlet will not revoke all existing open sessions. If a user already has a browser or other session open with the token, that token will remain active until they refresh, restart the session, or reboot.
Here's a comparison of the two cmdlets:
Microsoft Entra Environment
In the Microsoft Entra Environment, you can disable user accounts, associated refresh tokens, and devices.
The user account can be disabled in the Microsoft Entra admin center.
This step is only necessary for cloud-only user accounts.
You can sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center at https://entra.microsoft.com to navigate to Identity > Users > All users and select the user account.
For synchronized user accounts, the password is reset in Active Directory.
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