<# ============================================================================================= Name: Audit Email Deletion in Office 365 Description: This script exports deleted emails audit records to CSV Website: o365reports.com Script Highlights: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. The script uses modern authentication to retrieve audit logs. 2. The script can be executed with MFA enabled account too. 3. Exports report results to CSV file. 4. Allows you to track all the deleted emails. 5. Helps to find out who deleted email from a shared mailbox. 6. Allows you to generate an email deletion audit report for a custom period. 7. Automatically installs the EXO V2 module (if not installed already) upon your confirmation. 8. The script is scheduler-friendly. I.e., Credential can be passed as a parameter instead of saving inside the script. For detailed Script execution: https://o365reports.com/2021/09/02/audit-email-deletion-in-office-365-mailbox-powershell ============================================================================================ #> Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Nullable[DateTime]]$StartDate, [Nullable[DateTime]]$EndDate, [string]$Mailbox, [string]$Subject, [string]$UserName, [string]$Password ) Function Connect_Exo { #Check for EXO v2 module inatallation $Module = Get-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -ListAvailable if($Module.count -eq 0) { Write-Host Exchange Online PowerShell V2 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 } else { Write-Host EXO V2 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 } else { Connect-ExchangeOnline } } $MaxStartDate=((Get-Date).AddDays(-89)).Date #Getting anonymous activity for past 90 days if(($StartDate -eq $null) -and ($EndDate -eq $null)) { $EndDate=(Get-Date).Date $StartDate=$MaxStartDate } #Getting start date to generate anonymous activity report While($true) { if ($StartDate -eq $null) { $StartDate=Read-Host Enter start time for report generation '(Eg:04/28/2021)' } Try { $Date=[DateTime]$StartDate if($Date -ge $MaxStartDate) { break } else { Write-Host `nAudit can be retrieved only for past 90 days. Please select a date after $MaxStartDate -ForegroundColor Red return } } Catch { Write-Host `nNot a valid date -ForegroundColor Red } } #Getting end date to generate external sharing report While($true) { if ($EndDate -eq $null) { $EndDate=Read-Host Enter End time for report generation '(Eg: 04/28/2021)' } 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 } } $OutputCSV=".\DeletedEmailsAuditReport_$((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 $CurrentResultCount=0 $AggregateResultCount=0 Write-Host `nRetrieving deleted emails from $StartDate to $EndDate... $ProcessedAuditCount=0 $OutputEvents=0 $ExportResult="" $ExportResults=@() $RetriveOperation="SoftDelete,HardDelete,MoveToDeletedItems" #Checking whether the user is available if(($Mailbox.Length -ne 0) -and ((Get-Mailbox -Identity $Mailbox) -eq $null)) { Write-Host Mailbox does not exist. Please check the mailbox name. -ForegroundColor Red exit } while($true) { $ResultCount=0 #Getting email deleted audit data for given time range Search-UnifiedAuditLog -StartDate $CurrentStart -EndDate $CurrentEnd -Operations $RetriveOperation -SessionId s -SessionCommand ReturnLargeSet -ResultSize 5000 | ForEach-Object { $ResultCount++ $ProcessedAuditCount++ Write-Progress -Activity "`n Retrieving email deletion activities from $CurrentStart to $CurrentEnd.."`n" Processed audit record count: $ProcessedAuditCount" $MoreInfo=$_.auditdata $Operation=$_.Operations $AuditData=$_.auditdata | ConvertFrom-Json $TargetMailbox=$AuditData.MailboxOwnerUPN #Filter to view deleted emails from specific mailbox if(($mailbox.Length -ne 0) -and ($Mailbox -ne $TargetMailbox)) { return } $EmailSubject=$AuditData.AffectedItems.Subject if($EmailSubject -eq $null) { $EmailSubject="-" } $ConversationCount=$EmailSubject.count $Subjects=$EmailSubject -join ", " #Filter emails by subject if(($Subject.Length -ne 0) -and ($Subjects -notmatch $Subject)) { return } $ActivityTime=Get-Date($AuditData.CreationTime) #(Get-Date($AuditData.CreationTime)).ToLocalTime() Uncomment to view the Activity Time in local time $PerformedBy=$AuditData.userId $ResultStatus=$AuditData.ResultStatus $Folder=$AuditData.Folder.Path.Split("\")[1] $EventData=$AuditData.EventData #Export result to csv $OutputEvents++ $ExportResult=@{'Activity Time'=$ActivityTime;'Target Mailbox'=$TargetMailbox;'Activity'=$Operation;'Performed By'=$PerformedBy;'No. of Emails Deleted'=$ConversationCount;'Email Subjects'=$Subjects;'Folder'=$Folder;'Result Status'=$ResultStatus;'Workload'=$Workload;'More Info'=$MoreInfo} $ExportResults= New-Object PSObject -Property $ExportResult $ExportResults | Select-Object 'Activity Time','Activity','Target Mailbox','Performed By','No. of Emails Deleted','Email Subjects','Folder','Result Status','More Info' | Export-Csv -Path $OutputCSV -Notype -Append } $currentResultCount=$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 } } } #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 available in:" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow; Write-Host $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 $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 "$OutputCSV" } } } #Disconnect Exchange Online session Disconnect-ExchangeOnline -Confirm:$false -InformationAction Ignore -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue