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Disable AD account

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Posted on 27 Oct 2021 15:24:56 by 19

I want to update a user for disabled his account.

 

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But this action doesn't work, it returns me "Forbbiden" and I'm full admin

 

{"error":{"code":"Authorization_RequestDenied","message":"Insufficient privileges to complete the operation."}

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  • jordanmastel Profile Picture
    28 on 31 Jul 2023 at 02:26:34
    Re: Disable AD account

    Hey Ellis,

     

    The user account running the flow and the connection has Privileged Authentication Administrator, Privileged Role Administrator, and User Administrator.

     

    The account I am trying to disable has Azure AD Joined Device Local Administrator and Intune Administrator.

     

    Continues to fail due to "Insufficient privileges to complete the operation".

     

    I was able to work around this by using an app registration and an HTTP API patch action.

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  • Ellis Karim Profile Picture
    11,170 Super User 2025 Season 2 on 30 Jul 2023 at 12:04:38
    Re: Disable AD account

    User Administrator allows you to disable or enable SOME user accounts. As far as I know,  you can't disable accounts that have the Global Administrator role if the account you are using only has the User Administrator role:

    Azure AD built-in roles - Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Learn

     

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  • jordanmastel Profile Picture
    28 on 30 Jul 2023 at 02:46:37
    Re: Disable AD account

    Hello,

     

    I am having this problem with an account that has User administrator permissions, I also tried with an account that has global administrator permissions. The account I am trying to disable has an administrator role.

     

    After removing the Azure AD admin role from the account I am trying to disable, the issue immediately goes away. I tried creating a new connection. I also tried to remove the role first before disabling it with a separate action but I get a 403 forbidden error there as well.

     

    Is disabling (accountEnabled = no) on Admin users with Update User in Power Automate not supported? Is there a workaround? I am trying to use Power Automate to automate disabling of accounts that are not used/renewed after a period of time.

  • Ellis Karim Profile Picture
    11,170 Super User 2025 Season 2 on 19 Nov 2022 at 10:38:21
    Re: Disable AD account

    Hi @freddo ,

     

    Here is the output of the flow running again, with an admin role and as a standard user with no admin roles:

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    Please post an extract of the flow and error message you are getting. Please also try with a new connection:

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    Ellis

  • freddo Profile Picture
    15 on 18 Nov 2022 at 17:39:36
    Re: Disable AD account

    not working for me. Tested with Global admin (& user adminstrator)

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    Ellis Karim Profile Picture
    11,170 Super User 2025 Season 2 on 28 Oct 2021 at 19:39:39
    Re: Disable AD account

    This definitely looks like a permission issue. When you say you are full admin, is that Global Admin?

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    I think you need at least the User Administrator role:

     

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    Ellis

     


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