function Search-MailboxItemDeletion { <# .SYNOPSIS Search for deletions in mailboxes .DESCRIPTION Search for deletions in mailboxes, single or all .PARAMETER Days Day (period) to search, max. 90 (or 30, based on your O365/M365 license). The default is 7 (for the last 7 days) Minimum is 1, maximum is 90. This will be checked .PARAMETER Mailbox Mailbox Address e.g. info@contoso.com .PARAMETER All Get all deletes, for all mailboxes .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Search-MailboxItemDeletion -All Get all deletes, for all mailboxes .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Search-MailboxItemDeletion -Days 2 | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.Folder -ne 'Deleted Items' } Get all deletes of the last 2 days, for all mailboxes, but we exclude one Folder. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Search-MailboxItemDeletion -Days 7 | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.Folder -ne 'Deleted Items' } Get all deletes of the last 7 days, for all mailboxes, but we exclude one Folder. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Search-MailboxItemDeletion -Days 30 | Where-Object -FilterScript { ($_.Folder -ne 'Drafts') -and ($_.Action -ne 'SoftDelete') } Get all deletes of the last 30 days, for all mailboxes, but we exclude one Folder and the 'SoftDelete' action .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Search-MailboxItemDeletion -Days 21 -All Get all deletes for the last 21 days, for all mailboxes .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Search-MailboxItemDeletion -All | Out-GridView Search for Deletions in all mailboxes and open the result in the GridView (e.g. for filtering) .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Search-MailboxItemDeletion -Mailbox 'info@contoso.com' Search for Deletions in the mailbox 'info@contoso.com' .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Search-MailboxItemDeletion -Mailbox 'info@contoso.com' | Select-Object -Property 'Timestamp', 'Action', 'Status' , 'User', 'Mailbox', 'Subject', 'Folder', 'Client', 'ClientIP' Search for Deletions in the mailbox 'info@contoso.com', and get a few more properties (e.g. Status, Client, and ClientIP). Might be handy to see from where it was triggered and what client was used. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Search-MailboxItemDeletion -Mailbox 'info@contoso.com' | Export-CSV -NoTypeInformation -Path c:\scripts\PowerShell\exports\ExchangeOnlineMailboxDeletes.csv Search for Deletions in the mailbox 'info@contoso.com' and export the result into a CSV File (e.g. for a basic reporting or further investigation in Excel) .OUTPUTS array .LINK Search-UnifiedAuditLog .NOTES For now, the following properties are supported: Action string AppId string Client string ClientIP string External bool ExternalAccess bool Folder string InternalLogonType int InternetMessageId string LogonType int Mailbox string MailboxGuid string MessageId string OrganizationId string OrganizationName string OriginatingServer string SessionId string Status string Subject string TimeStamp string User string By default, the following properties are returned (all others can be selected): TimeStamp string Action string User string Mailbox string Subject string Folder string Requirements: PowerShell or Windows PowerShell Exchange Online connection (e.g. the installed Module and you need to be connected with a user that has rights to use Search-UnifiedAuditLog) A future version might support Wildcards in the Mailbox parameter and/or multi Mailbox searches. Workaround: use Where-Object with a powerful FilterScript! #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'All', ConfirmImpact = 'None')] [OutputType([array])] param ( [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [ValidateNotNull()] [int] $Days = 7, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Single', HelpMessage = 'Mailbox Address e.g. info@contoso.com', Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [ValidateNotNull()] [Alias('MailboxName', 'MailboxAddress')] [string] $Mailbox, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'All')] [switch] $All ) begin { # Garbage Collection [GC]::Collect() # Cleanup $Records = $null # TimeSpan $StartDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$Days) # Now $EndDate = (Get-Date) #region HelperFunctions function Get-StandardMembersFromPSObject { <# .SYNOPSIS Filter the given properties from a given Object .DESCRIPTION Filter the given properties from a given Object .PARAMETER InputObject The input object, must be a psobject. .PARAMETER Properties The properties to select from the given input object. Multiple values needs to separated by a comma. .EXAMPLE Get-StandardMembersFromPSObject -InputObject Value -Properties Value Describe what this call does .OUTPUTS psobject .NOTES Just an internal Helper function .LINK https://learn-powershell.net/2013/08/03/quick-hits-set-the-default-property-display-in-powershell-on-custom-objects/ .LINK http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1369542/can-you-set-an-objects-defaultdisplaypropertyset-in-a-powershell-v2-script/1891215#1891215 .INPUTS psobject, string #> [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact = 'None')] [OutputType([psobject])] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName, HelpMessage = 'The input object, must be a psobject.')] [ValidateNotNull()] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [psobject] $InputObject, [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [ValidateNotNull()] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Alias('DefaultProperties')] [string[]] $Properties = $null ) process { try { $defaultDisplayPropertySet = (New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSPropertySet -ArgumentList ('DefaultDisplayPropertySet', [string[]]$Properties)) $PSStandardMembers = ([Management.Automation.PSMemberInfo[]]@($defaultDisplayPropertySet)) $InputObject | Add-Member -MemberType MemberSet -Name PSStandardMembers -Value $PSStandardMembers -Force } catch { #region ErrorHandler # get error record [Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]$e = $_ # retrieve information about runtime error $info = [PSCustomObject]@{ Exception = $e.Exception.Message Reason = $e.CategoryInfo.Reason Target = $e.CategoryInfo.TargetName Script = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptName Line = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber Column = $e.InvocationInfo.OffsetInLine } # output information. Post-process collected info, and log info (optional) $info | Out-String | Write-Verbose #endregion ErrorHandler } } } #endregion HelperFunctions } process { # Get the UnifiedAuditLog Data, with the delete operations $Records = (Search-UnifiedAuditLog -StartDate $StartDate -EndDate $EndDate -Operations 'HardDelete', 'SoftDelete') # Do we have a result if ($Records) { Write-Verbose -Message ('Processing ' + $Records.Count + ' audit records...') # Create a new Object $Report = [Collections.Generic.List[Object]]::new() foreach ($Rec in $Records) { $AuditData = (ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $Rec.Auditdata) if ($AuditData.ResultStatus -eq 'PartiallySucceeded') { $MessageSubject = '# Not fully deleted by' + $AuditData.ClientInfoString + ' #' } else { $MessageSubject = ($AuditData.AffectedItems.Subject -split '\n')[0] } $ReportLine = [PSCustomObject] @{ TimeStamp = (Get-Date -Date ($AuditData.CreationTime) -Format g) User = $AuditData.UserId Action = $AuditData.Operation Status = $AuditData.ResultStatus Mailbox = $AuditData.MailboxOwnerUPN MailboxGuid = $AuditData.MailboxGuid Subject = $MessageSubject MessageId = ($AuditData.AffectedItems.Id -split '\n')[0] InternetMessageId = ($AuditData.AffectedItems.InternetMessageId -split '\n')[0] Folder = $AuditData.Folder.Path.Split('\')[1] Client = $AuditData.ClientInfoString AppId = $AuditData.AppId ClientIP = $AuditData.ClientIP External = $AuditData.ExternalAccess SessionId = $AuditData.SessionId ExternalAccess = $AuditData.ExternalAccess InternalLogonType = $AuditData.InternalLogonType LogonType = $AuditData.LogonType OrganizationName = $AuditData.OrganizationName OrganizationId = $AuditData.OrganizationId OriginatingServer = $AuditData.OriginatingServer } # Define the default properties and support Select-Object Get-StandardMembersFromPSObject -InputObject $ReportLine -Properties 'Timestamp', 'Action', 'User', 'Mailbox', 'Subject', 'Folder' # Add to the reporting $Report.Add($ReportLine) } $Records = $null } else { Write-Output -InputObject 'No deletion records found.' break } # Create a new array object $Output = @() # Single or all ? switch ($PsCmdlet.ParameterSetName) { 'Single' { $Output = ($Report | Where-Object -FilterScript { # You might want to tweak the filter to support Wildcards or more the one mailbox $_.Mailbox -eq $Mailbox }) } 'All' { $Output = ($Report | Sort-Object -Property Mailbox) } } # Cleanup $Report = $null } end { # Just dump the result to the terminal $Output # Cleanup $Output = $null # Garbage Collection [GC]::Collect() } } #region LICENSE <# BSD 3-Clause License Copyright (c) 2021, enabling Technology All rights reserved. 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