Category: Entra ID Wizardry

  • Change password for Entra ID user account

    To change/reset password or a single Entra ID user account, open Powershell as admin and execute:

    Connect-MgGraph -Scopes “User.ReadWrite.All” -TenantId “yourtenantname.onmicrosoft.com”

    $UserId = “user01@yourtenantname.com”
    $NewPassword = “plaintextpassword”

    Update-MgUser -UserId $UserId -PasswordProfile @{
    ForceChangePasswordNextSignIn = $true
    Password = $NewPassword
    }

    Note:
    Script for native cloud user accounts or federated user accounts if Password writeback is enabled.