<# ============================================================================================= Name: Audit File Access in SharePoint Online using PowerShell Version: 1.0 Website: o365reports.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Script Highlights: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. The script uses modern authentication to retrieve audit logs.      2. The script can be executed with an MFA enabled account too.      3. The script retrieves file access audit log for 180 days, by default. 4. Allows you generate file access audit report for a custom period.  5. Helps to find recently accessed files. e.g., Files accessed in the last 30 days.  6. Exports report results to CSV file.      7. Identifies file accessed by external/guest users.  8. Helps to monitor all files accessed by a specific user. 9. Helps to track SharePoint Online file accesses alone 10.Tracks OneDrive file accesses alone. 11.Finds files accessed by a specific person in the specific period    12. Automatically installs the EXO module (if not installed already) upon your confirmation.    13. The script is scheduler friendly. i.e., Credentials can be passed as a parameter instead of saved inside the script.  14. The script supports Certificate-based Authentication (CBA) too. For detailed script execution: https://o365reports.com/2024/01/30/audit-file-access-in-sharepoint-online-using-powershell ============================================================================================ #> Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Nullable[DateTime]]$StartDate, [Nullable[DateTime]]$EndDate, [Int]$RecentlyAccessedFiles_In_Days, [Switch]$SharePointOnlineOnly, [Switch]$OneDriveOnly, [switch]$FileAccessedByExternalUsersOnly, [String]$AccessedBy, [string]$Organization, [string]$ClientId, [string]$CertificateThumbprint, [string]$UserName, [string]$Password ) Function Connect_Exo { #Check for EXO module inatallation $Module = Get-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -ListAvailable if($Module.count -eq 0) { Write-Host Exchange Online PowerShell module is not available -ForegroundColor yellow $Confirm= Read-Host Are you sure you want to install module? [Y] Yes [N] No if($Confirm -match "[yY]") { Write-host "Installing Exchange Online PowerShell module" Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -Repository PSGallery -AllowClobber -Force -Scope CurrentUser Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement } else { Write-Host EXO module is required to connect Exchange Online.Please install module using Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement cmdlet. Exit } } Write-Host Connecting to Exchange Online... #Storing credential in script for scheduling purpose/ Passing credential as parameter - Authentication using non-MFA account if(($UserName -ne "") -and ($Password -ne "")) { $SecuredPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $Password -Force $Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $UserName,$SecuredPassword Connect-ExchangeOnline -Credential $Credential } elseif($Organization -ne "" -and $ClientId -ne "" -and $CertificateThumbprint -ne "") { Connect-ExchangeOnline -AppId $ClientId -CertificateThumbprint $CertificateThumbprint -Organization $Organization -ShowBanner:$false } else { Connect-ExchangeOnline } } $MaxStartDate=((Get-Date).AddDays(-179)).Date if($RecentlyAccessedFiles_In_Days -ne "") { $StartDate=((Get-Date).AddDays(-$RecentlyAccessedFiles_In_Days)).Date $EndDate=(Get-Date).Date } #Retrieving Audit log for the past 180 days if(($StartDate -eq $null) -and ($EndDate -eq $null)) { $EndDate=(Get-Date).Date $StartDate=$MaxStartDate } #Getting start date for audit report While($true) { if ($StartDate -eq $null) { $StartDate=Read-Host Enter start time for report generation '(Eg:12/15/2023)' } Try { $Date=[DateTime]$StartDate if($Date -ge $MaxStartDate) { break } else { Write-Host `nAudit can be retrieved only for the past 180 days. Please select a date after $MaxStartDate -ForegroundColor Red return } } Catch { Write-Host `nNot a valid date -ForegroundColor Red } } #Getting end date to retrieve audit log While($true) { if ($EndDate -eq $null) { $EndDate=Read-Host Enter End time for report generation '(Eg: 12/15/2023)' } Try { $Date=[DateTime]$EndDate if($EndDate -lt ($StartDate)) { Write-Host End time should be later than start time -ForegroundColor Red return } break } Catch { Write-Host `nNot a valid date -ForegroundColor Red } } $OutputCSV=".\Audit_File_Access_Report$((Get-Date -format yyyy-MMM-dd-ddd` hh-mm` tt).ToString()).csv" $IntervalTimeInMinutes=1440 #$IntervalTimeInMinutes=Read-Host Enter interval time period '(in minutes)' $CurrentStart=$StartDate $CurrentEnd=$CurrentStart.AddMinutes($IntervalTimeInMinutes) #Check whether CurrentEnd exceeds EndDate if($CurrentEnd -gt $EndDate) { $CurrentEnd=$EndDate } if($CurrentStart -eq $CurrentEnd) { Write-Host Start and end time are same.Please enter different time range -ForegroundColor Red Exit } Connect_EXO $AggregateResults = @() $CurrentResult= @() $CurrentResultCount=0 $AggregateResultCount=0 Write-Host `nRetrieving file access audit log from $StartDate to $EndDate... -ForegroundColor Yellow $i=0 $ExportResult="" $ExportResults=@() $Operations="FileAccessed" if($FileAccessedByExternalUsersOnly.IsPresent) { $UserIds="*#EXT*" } elseif($AccessedBy -ne "") { $UserIds=$AccessedBy } else { $UserIds="*" } while($true) { #Getting audit data for the given time range $Results=Search-UnifiedAuditLog -StartDate $CurrentStart -EndDate $CurrentEnd -Operations $Operations -UserIds $UserIds -SessionId s -SessionCommand ReturnLargeSet -ResultSize 5000 $ResultCount=($Results | Measure-Object).count $AllAuditData=@() foreach($Result in $Results) { $i++ $PrintFlag="True" $MoreInfo=$Result.auditdata $AuditData=$Result.auditdata | ConvertFrom-Json $ActivityTime=(Get-Date($AuditData.CreationTime)).ToLocalTime() #Get-Date($AuditData.CreationTime) Uncomment to view the Activity Time in UTC $UserID=$AuditData.userId $AccessedFile=$AuditData.SourceFileName $FileExtension=$AuditData.SourceFileExtension $SiteURL=$AuditData.SiteURL $Workload=$AuditData.Workload if($SharePointOnlineOnly.IsPresent -and ($Workload -ne "SharePoint")) { $PrintFlag="False" } if($OneDriveOnly.IsPresent -and ($Workload -ne "OneDrive")) { $PrintFlag="False" } #Export result to csv if($PrintFlag -eq "True") { $OutputEvents++ $ExportResult=@{'Accessed Time'=$ActivityTime;'Accessed By'=$UserID;'Workload'=$Workload;'More Info'=$MoreInfo;'Accessed File'=$AccessedFile;'Site URL'=$SiteURL;'File Extension'=$FileExtension} $ExportResults= New-Object PSObject -Property $ExportResult $ExportResults | Select-Object 'Accessed Time','Accessed By','Accessed File','Site URL','File Extension','Workload','More Info' | Export-Csv -Path $OutputCSV -Notype -Append } } Write-Progress -Activity "`n Retrieving file access audit data from $StartDate to $EndDate.."`n" Processed audit record count: $i" $currentResultCount=$CurrentResultCount+$ResultCount if($CurrentResultCount -ge 50000) { Write-Host Retrieved max record for current range.Proceeding further may cause data loss or rerun the script with reduced time interval. -ForegroundColor Red $Confirm=Read-Host `nAre you sure you want to continue? [Y] Yes [N] No if($Confirm -match "[Y]") { Write-Host Proceeding audit log collection with data loss [DateTime]$CurrentStart=$CurrentEnd [DateTime]$CurrentEnd=$CurrentStart.AddMinutes($IntervalTimeInMinutes) $CurrentResultCount=0 if($CurrentEnd -gt $EndDate) { $CurrentEnd=$EndDate } } else { Write-Host Please rerun the script with reduced time interval -ForegroundColor Red Exit } } if($ResultCount -lt 5000) { if($CurrentEnd -eq $EndDate) { break } $CurrentStart=$CurrentEnd if($CurrentStart -gt (Get-Date)) { break } $CurrentEnd=$CurrentStart.AddMinutes($IntervalTimeInMinutes) $CurrentResultCount=0 if($CurrentEnd -gt $EndDate) { $CurrentEnd=$EndDate } } $ResultCount=0 } #Open output file after execution If($OutputEvents -eq 0) { Write-Host No records found } else { Write-Host `nThe output file contains $OutputEvents audit records if((Test-Path -Path $OutputCSV) -eq "True") { Write-Host `n "The Output file availble in:" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow; Write-Host "$OutputCSV" `n $Prompt = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell $UserInput = $Prompt.popup("Do you want to open output file?",` 0,"Open Output File",4) If ($UserInput -eq 6) { Invoke-Item "$OutputCSV" } } } Write-Host `n~~ Script prepared by AdminDroid Community ~~`n -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "~~ Check out " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green; Write-Host "admindroid.com" -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Write-Host " to get access to 1800+ Microsoft 365 reports. ~~" -ForegroundColor Green `n`n #Disconnect Exchange Online session Disconnect-ExchangeOnline -Confirm:$false -InformationAction Ignore -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue