Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Nullable[DateTime]]$StartDate, [Nullable[DateTime]]$EndDate, [string]$FilesDeletedBy, [switch]$SharePointOnline, [switch]$OneDrive, [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 } } $MaxStartDate=((Get-Date).AddDays(-89)).Date #Getting file deletion activity for past 90 days if(($StartDate -eq $null) -and ($EndDate -eq $null)) { $EndDate=(Get-Date).Date $StartDate=$MaxStartDate } #Getting start date to generate file deletion 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 $MaxStartDate -ForegroundColor Red return } } Catch { Write-Host `nNot a valid date -ForegroundColor Red } } #Getting end date to audit file deletion activity report While($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 } } $OutputCSV=".\DeletedFilesAuditReport_$((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 `nAuditing deleted files from $StartDate to $EndDate... $ProcessedAuditCount=0 $OutputEvents=0 $ExportResult="" $ExportResults=@() $RetriveOperation="FileDeleted,FileDeletedFirstStageRecycleBin,FileDeletedSecondStageRecycleBin" #Checking whether the user is available #if(($FilesDeletedBy.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) { #Getting file deleted audit data for the 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 file deletion activities from $CurrentStart to $CurrentEnd.."`n" Processed audit record count: $ProcessedAuditCount" $MoreInfo=$_.auditdata $Operation=$_.Operations $DeletedBy=$_.UserIds $AuditData=$_.auditdata | ConvertFrom-Json $Workload=$AuditData.Workload $PrintFlag="True" #Audit files deleted by specific user if(($FilesDeletedBy.Length -ne 0) -and ($FilesDeletedBy -ne $DeletedBy)) { $PrintFlag="False" } #Filter for workload based file deletion events If($SharePointOnline.IsPresent -and ($Workload -eq "OneDrive")) { $PrintFlag="False" } If($OneDrive.IsPresent -and ($Workload -eq "SharePoint")) { $PrintFlag="False" } if($PrintFlag -eq "True") { $ActivityTime=(Get-Date($AuditData.CreationTime)).ToLocalTime() #Get-Date($AuditData.CreationTime) Uncomment to view the Activity Time in UTC $DeletedFile=$AuditData.SourceFileName $FileExtension=$AuditData.SourceFileExtension $Fileurl=$AuditData.ObjectID $SiteUrl=$AuditData.SiteUrl #Export result to csv $OutputEvents++ $ExportResult=@{'Activity Time'=$ActivityTime;'Deleted File'=$DeletedFile;'Activity'=$Operation;'Deleted By'=$DeletedBy;'File Extension'=$FileExtension;'File URL'=$Fileurl;'Site URL'=$Siteurl;'Workload'=$Workload;'More Info'=$MoreInfo} $ExportResults= New-Object PSObject -Property $ExportResult $ExportResults | Select-Object 'Activity Time','Activity','Deleted File','Deleted By','File Extension','File Url','Site url','Workload','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 } } $ResultCount=0 } #Open output file after execution If($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 `nThe Output file availble in $OutputCSV -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host `nFor more Office 365 related PowerShell scripts, check https://o365reports.com -ForegroundColor Cyan $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 <# ============================================================================================= Name: Audit File Deletion in Office 365 website: o365reports.com For detailed Script execution: https://o365reports.com/2021/12/15/find-out-who-deleted-files-from-office-365 ============================================================================================ #>