<# ============================================================================================= Name: Audit File Sharing Activities in Microsoft Teams Channels Version: 1.0 Website: o365reports.com Script Highlights: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. The script automatically verifies and installs the Exchange Online PowerShell module (if not already installed) upon your confirmation. 2. Tracks all file sharing activities in Microsoft Teams Channels across your tenant. 3. Finds files shared by external users in Microsoft Teams. 4. The script can be executed with an MFA-enabled account as well. 5. Finds files shared in a specific team and channel. 6. It exports the report result to CSV format. 7. It can be executed with Certificate-based Authentication too. 8. The script is scheduler friendly. For detailed Script execution: https://o365reports.com/2025/04/02/how-to-audit-file-sharing-activities-in-microsoft-teams/ ============================================================================================ #> Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Nullable[DateTime]]$StartDate, [Nullable[DateTime]]$EndDate, [switch]$ByExternalUsersOnly, [string]$TeamName, [string]$ChannelName, [string]$Organization, [string]$ClientId, [string]$CertificateThumbprint, [string]$UserName, [string]$Password ) $MaxStartDate=((Get-Date).AddDays(-180)).Date #Retrive audit log for the past 180 days if(($StartDate -eq $null) -and ($EndDate -eq $null)) { $EndDate=(Get-Date).Date $StartDate=$MaxStartDate } #Getting start date to audit export report While($true) { if ($StartDate -eq $null) { $StartDate=Read-Host Enter start time for report generation '(Eg:09/24/2024)' } 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.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy.")) -ForegroundColor Red return } } Catch { Write-Host `nNot a valid date -ForegroundColor Red } } #Getting end date to export audit report While($true) { if ($EndDate -eq $null) { $EndDate=Read-Host Enter End time for report generation '(Eg: 9/24/2024)' } 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 } } 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 } 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 $Credential -ShowBanner:$false } elseif($Organization -ne "" -and $ClientId -ne "" -and $CertificateThumbprint -ne "") { Connect-ExchangeOnline -AppId $ClientId -CertificateThumbprint $CertificateThumbprint -Organization $Organization -ShowBanner:$false } else { Connect-ExchangeOnline -ShowBanner:$false } } Connect_Exo $Location=Get-Location $OutputCSV="$Location\Audit_Teams_File_Sharing_Activities_$((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($IntervalTimeInMinutes) #Check whether CurrentEnd exceeds EndDate(checks for 1st iteration) if($CurrentEnd -gt $EndDate) { $CurrentEnd=$EndDate } $AggregateResults = 0 $CurrentResult= @() $CurrentResultCount=0 $FileSharingActivitiesCount=0 Write-Host `nRetrieving audit log from $StartDate to $EndDate... -ForegroundColor Cyan while($true) { if($CurrentStart -eq $CurrentEnd) { Write-Host Start and end time are same.Please enter different time range -ForegroundColor Red Exit } else { $Results=Search-UnifiedAuditLog -StartDate $CurrentStart -EndDate $CurrentEnd -Operations 'FileUploaded' -SessionId s -SessionCommand ReturnLargeSet -ResultSize 5000 } $AllAuditData=@() $AllAudits=$null foreach($Result in $Results) { $AuditData=$Result.auditdata | ConvertFrom-Json if (($AuditData.ApplicationDisplayName -match "Teams") -and ($AuditData.Workload -eq "SharePoint")) { $SharedTime = (Get-Date($AuditData.CreationTime)).ToLocalTime() $Team = $AuditData.SiteUrl -replace '^https://[^/]+/sites/([^/]+).*', '$1'; $Channel = $AuditData.SourceRelativeUrl -replace '^Shared Documents/([^/]+).*', '$1' $SharedFile = $AuditData.SourceFileName $SharedBy = $AuditData.UserId $SharedFileURL = $AuditData.ObjectId $FileExtension = $AuditData.SourceFileExtension $SiteURL = $AuditData.SiteUrl $SharedFileRelativeURL = $AuditData.SourceRelativeUrl if (($ByExternalUsersOnly.IsPresent) -and ($AuditData.UserId -notmatch "#EXT#")) { continue } if ((!([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($TeamName))) -and ($TeamName -ne $Team)) { continue } if (!([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($ChannelName))) { if (!([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($TeamName))) { if (($TeamName -ne $Team) -or ($ChannelName -ne $Channel)) { continue } } else { Write-Host "`nError: TeamName param is mandatory to filter based on Channels." -ForegroundColor Red Exit } } $FileSharingActivitiesCount++ $AllAudits=@{'Shared Time'=$SharedTime;'Shared File'=$SharedFile;'Shared by'=$SharedBy;'Site URL'=$SiteURL;'Team Name'=$Team;'Channel Name'=$Channel;'File Extension'=$FileExtension;'Shared File URL'=$SharedFileURL;'More Info'=$AuditData} $AllAuditData= New-Object PSObject -Property $AllAudits $AllAuditData | Sort 'Shared Time' | select 'Shared Time','Team Name','Channel Name','Shared File','Shared by','File Extension','Shared File URL','Site URL','More Info' | Export-Csv $OutputCSV -NoTypeInformation -Append } } $currentResultCount=$CurrentResultCount+($Results.count) $AggregateResults +=$Results.count Write-Progress -Activity "`n Retrieving audit log for $CurrentStart : $CurrentResultCount records"`n" Total processed audit record count: $AggregateResults" if(($CurrentResultCount -eq 50000) -or ($Results.count -lt 5000)) { if($CurrentResultCount -eq 50000) { Write-Host Retrieved max record for the 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 -notmatch "[Y]") { Write-Host Please rerun the script with reduced time interval -ForegroundColor Red Exit } else { Write-Host Proceeding audit log collection with data loss } } #Check for last iteration if(($CurrentEnd -eq $EndDate)) { break } [DateTime]$CurrentStart=$CurrentEnd #Break loop if start date exceeds current date(There will be no data) if($CurrentStart -gt (Get-Date)) { break } [DateTime]$CurrentEnd=$CurrentStart.AddMinutes($IntervalTimeInMinutes) if($CurrentEnd -gt $EndDate) { $CurrentEnd=$EndDate } $CurrentResultCount=0 $CurrentResult = @() } } Write-Host `n~~ Script prepared by AdminDroid Community ~~`n -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "~~ Check out " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green; Write-Host "admindroid.com" -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Write-Host " to get access to 1800+ Microsoft 365 reports. ~~" -ForegroundColor Green If($FileSharingActivitiesCount -eq 0) { Write-Host No records found } else { Write-Host `nThe output file contains $FileSharingActivitiesCount audit records. if((Test-Path -Path $OutputCSV) -eq "True") { Write-Host `n"The Output file available in: " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host $OutputCSV $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