
Use the below cmdlets to enable the same.Īdd the XML to the list of allowed file types in Outlook Web App When we export the mailbox audit log, Microsoft Exchange attaches the audit log in XML format hence it is important to use Microsoft Outlook or configure Outlook Web App to allow XML attachments. NOTE: By Default, Outlook Web App blocks XML attachments. User/auditor can access these logs using outlook or webmail. The Exported logs will be sent to the defined user/auditor as an.
Recipients: Select the users to send the mailbox audit log. When a Public Folder is deleted Event ID 9682 is logged in the Application log. Select Medium and configure to enable this settings. Expand to reach MSexchangeIS-> 9001 public and click on General and 6. Right click on the Server and select Manage Diagnostic Logging 5. To get a list of all mailbox plans in this database, run the command Get-MailboxPlan. To get a list of all mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database . Exchange public folder auditing archive#
Administrators: Access by administrators in the organization. Select the Exchange Server where public Folder Database is residing 5. This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, public folder mailboxes or arbitration mailboxes, Audit mailboxes. Administrators and delegated users: Access by administrators and delegated users inside the organization. External users: Access by Microsoft datacenter administrators. All non-owners: Access by administrators and delegated users inside the organization, and by Microsoft datacenter administrators in Exchange Online. Type of non-owner access: Select one of the following options to define the type of non-owner access: Mailboxes to search audit log: Select the mailboxes to retrieve audit log entries for or leave it blank to find for all mailboxes. Start and end dates: Set the date range for the entries are exported. Under Export Mailbox Audit logs window, provide the details and click on Export: Open EAC à Compliance Management à Auditing à Click on Export Mailbox Audit logs: The working behind Exchange Auditing The Event Viewer, a component that helps in viewing the event logs does not facilitate easy management of the logs. Use auditing reports in the Exchange admin center (EAC): using Auditing tab under Exchange Admin Center we can run a non-owner mailbox access report (contains entries for admin and delete actions) or export mailbox audit log as below: but audit policy is not applied for the subfolders and files. We can use the below methods to search mailbox audit log entries:Īsynchronously search one or more mailboxes: Using New-MailboxAuditLogSearch cmdlet we can create a mailbox audit log search to asynchronously search mailbox audit logs for one or more mailboxes, and results will be sent to specified email addres as an XML attachment.Ĭmdlet: New-MailboxAuditLogSearch "Admin and Delegate Access" -Mailboxes "","User2" -LogonTypes Admin,Delegate -StartDate -EndDate -StatusMailRecipients apply onto: ‘this folder,subfolder and files. Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited -Filter | Set-Mailbox -AuditEnabled $true Use the below cmdlet to enable audit logging for all mailboxes in the organization:
Get-Mailbox |fl name,AuditEnabled,AudiLogAgeLimit NOTE: Mailbox movement also moves the mailbox audit logs for that mailbox as these logs are located in the mailbox. Once the mailbox audit logging enabled on the mailbox, the mailbox audit logs will generate and store in Recoverable Items folder in the audited mailbox in the Audits subfolder, irrespective of which client access method was used to access the mailbox or which server or computer an administrator uses to access the mailbox audit log.
Mailbox audit logging records IP address, host name, and process or client used to access the mailbox. Mailbox audit logging feature helps to trace the logs of mailbox access by owner, Delegates and Administrator. C:\>Search-MailboxAuditLog -Identity Alan.As the mailboxes contain sensitive, high business impact (HBI) information and personally identifiable information (PII) it is essential to keep a track on who logs in to the mailboxes and what actions are taken, especially to have a track of access to mailboxes by Delegated user access (other than mailbox owners).