How Exchange Online Supports Granular Access to the Microsoft 365 Audit Log

Entra ID administrative units are supported for granular access to the Microsoft 365 audit log. Exchange Online manages the audit log so it’s core to the support. This article reviews how to restrict access to the audit log using compliance roles and RBAC and how administrative unit data is stamped onto audit events during ingestion to support restricted searches based on administrative units.

How to Search the Microsoft 365 Audit Log for SharePoint and OneDrive Deletion Events

The Microsoft 365 audit log holds all kinds of useful data, including events logged for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business file deletions. It’s easy to use PowerShell to search the audit log to find and interpret the events and create a report. Large tenants might need to export the audit data on a regular basis to an external repository to allow for long-term retention and analysis. We explain the principles of the process in this article.

New High-Value Audit Records Capture Details of Microsoft Teams Meetings

New audit events are available to capture information about Teams meetings and participants, but only if you have Office 365 E5 or above licenses. That’s because Microsoft deems these events to be high-value audit information prized by forensic investigators when they try to unravel what happened in an incident. You’ll have to make your own mind up how valuable the events are, but we’ve written some PowerShell to make the data more accessible.