Investigate Inactive users/accounts

RT-7199 511 Reputation points
2021-01-28T16:18:59.203+00:00

How do we investigate/find inactive inactive users/accounts in Cloud App Security Portal. By default it only shows the Dormant Accounts in sensitive groups.

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  1. Marilee Turscak-MSFT 36,411 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-01-28T22:42:21.183+00:00

    In Cloud App Security you should be able to check for the alert "ALERT_ZOMBIE_USER" which detects inactive accounts.

    Other ways that I have seen to list inactive users:

    For Azure AD: How to manage inactive user accounts in Azure AD
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/howto-manage-inactive-user-accounts

    For Office 365: How to List inactive users in Office 365
    https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/104316-list-inactive-users-in-office-365

    You can also check in the admin portal under Reports > Usage > Active Users

    This page also has a script that allows you to check for accounts where the users have not changed their passwords in six months:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/services-hub/health/remediation-steps-ad/regularly-check-for-and-remove-inactive-user-accounts-in-active-directory

    Let me know if this is what you are looking for.

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