In the upper right corner, click the Account icon (this may display as your profile image), and then click Profile On the Profile page, click the Sign Out Everywhere link Click Yes to confirm After completing these steps, all websites and software logged into your Office 365 account will be logged out. OneDrive is where all files are stored for Office 365 users, and allows files to be synced across desktops, browsers, and mobile devices. All Office 365 business and enterprise-level users receive 1TB of OneDrive storage, with subscribers to Enterprise E3 and E5 plans receiving unlimited cloud storage. If you have an Microsoft 365 subscription, you can sign out of Office on a PC or Mac remotely from any web browser to deactivate the installation. Because Office will sign you out of devices automatically to stay within your sign-in limit, there's no longer a need to use this process to free up installs. Warn and then sign out users from Office 365 and SharePoint Online on unmanaged devices after a period of inactivity. Many times organization users remain signed in and leave their workspace open and which can be dangerous sometime as most of your valuable information resides in your Office 365 account (i.e. Emails, files, events, videos, chat. Although there's no single button that lets you sign out of multiple devices at the same exact time, you can quickly sign out of multiple locations manually on your in your settings. Signing out of a device only takes a few seconds, so it shouldn't take much time to sign out in multiple locations.
You may be asked to log out of all devices associated with your Office 365 account, in order to prevent or resolve an issue with your access or licenses.
Procedures:
- Please visit https://account.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/, and login with your EdUHK email address.
- In the upper right corner, click the Account icon (this may display as your profile image), and then click Profile.
- On the Profile page, click the Sign Out Everywhere link.
- Click Yes to confirm.
After completing these steps, all websites and software logged into your Office 365 account will be logged out.
To continue using them, just login again when prompted.
Many times organization users remain signed in and leave their workspace open and which can be dangerous sometime as most of your valuable information resides in your Office 365 account (i.e. emails, files, events, videos, chat history and a lot more). Well now you can control this as an IT administrator. Office 365 has introduced a wonderful feature called Ideal session sign-out.
How To Sign Out Of All Devices In Office 365
Here are steps to configure it
Go to https://admin.microsoft.com/AdminPortal and navigate to SharePoint Admin center
Click on Try it now for new Admin center
From your new Admin center, click Access Control from Side Navigation
Select Idle session sign-out option from your Access control screen
Enable sign out inactive users automatically
As soon as you enable the option, you will see two more settings to configure:
Sign out users after
This means, if the user is inactive after the configured value here, he / she will be signed out automatically
Give users this much notice before signing them out
That means before the given time of sign out, user will start seeing below popup and they still have option to remain signed in
Save your settings and you are done!
Q: What are the default sign-out values for Office 365
A: Here is a table showing default timeouts.
| Service | Timeout after |
|---|---|
| Office 365 Admin center | 8 hours. |
| SharePoint Online | 5 days of inactivity as long as the users chooses Keep me signed in. If the user accesses SharePoint Online again after 24 or more hours have passed from the previous sign-in, the timeout value is reset to 5 days. |
| Outlook Web App | 6 hours. |
Office 365 Sign Out Of All Devices On Computer
Q: How long we have to wait for the above settings to get effected?
A:Microsoft says it takes around 15 minutes but we had to wait a big longer so please give it a longer time (i.e. nearly 8-10 hours). You can however try after 15 minutes and please be aware that it will only work for new sign-ins and not already signed in sessions.
Q: Does the policy effect existing signed in sessions?
A: No, only new sign-ins
Q: Is it possible to hide keep me signed in option while logging in?
A: Yes, admins can hide this option from admin center.
Note: This setting will only work when user doesn't select to stay signed in