๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐.
So if you have been relying on ABT to auto-sign users out after inactivity, itโs time to plan the switch.
Before: Outlook on the web could auto-sign out users after inactivity using ABT
โก๏ธ๐๐๐ฐ: ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ โ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ.
Action items for admins:
๐๐ป Verify whether ABT is enabled today
๐๐ป 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.