How to Disconnect From MsolService

To connect to Azure AD using the PowerShell MS Online module, you use the following command:

Connect-MsolService

So far, so good…

But what if you want to disconnect again?

The Exchange Online PowerShell module has:

Disconnect-ExchangeOnline

The Azure AD PowerShell module has:

Disconnect-AzureAD

But this command is missing from the MS Online PowerShell module.

To disconnect from MS Online, you can use the .Net ClearUserSessionState method:

[Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.ConnectMsolService]::ClearUserSessionState()

You’ll see in the following input, how the connection has been closed by the .Net function:

PS C:\> Connect-MsolService
PS C:\> get-msoluser -UserPrincipalName tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com
UserPrincipalName                   DisplayName isLicensed
-----------------                   ----------- ----------
tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com Tycho Brahe False
PS C:\> [Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.ConnectMsolService]::ClearUserSessionState()
PS C:\> get-msoluser -UserPrincipalName tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com
get-msoluser : You must call the Connect-MsolService cmdlet before calling any other cmdlets.
At line:1 char:1
+ get-msoluser -UserPrincipalName tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [Get-MsolUser], MicrosoftOnlineException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.MicrosoftOnlineException,Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.GetUser

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