Activity-based Timeout in Outlook Web is Retiring

activity based time out

๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐›โ€™๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

So if you have been relying on ABT to auto-sign users out after inactivity, itโ€™s time to plan the switch.

Before: Outlook on the web could auto-sign out users after inactivity using ABT
โžก๏ธ๐๐ž๐ฐ: ๐„๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“ ๐ˆ๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ โ€” ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“ ๐ฐ๐ž๐› ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ.

Action items for admins:

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Verify whether ABT is enabled today
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Configure Microsoft 365 Idle Session Timeout to maintain session control

Personally, I like this change; it reduces app-specific settings and pushes a more consistent org-wide security approach. But only if we prepare ahead of time.

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