Content Search Query

Question

Hi All

i have a user user1@Company portal .com, one of the outlook folder say TEST is missing from the users outlook. how can i search for that particular folder in content search. i am unable to see that option in content search query. Experts guide me

Answer 1

Hi @Rising Flight ,

According to my research and test, you could use Content Search to find this folder, but there must be messages in it. Because the content search couldn’t search folders directly, so we should search for the messages in it.

1. New Content Search -> Modify
   
2. Specify the target User:
   
   
3. Run the search query and after done, Export report and generate.
   
4. Download the report, using the eDiscovery Export Tool and Paste the export key to download this report.
   
5. Open the Result.csv with Excel and choose Original Path(it should be the F column), then Ctrl+F to search the Folder’s name, for example it’s Test.
   

And this means the Test folder is in Inbox.

Another way to find all folders is to use Get-MailboxFolderStatistics, run the following cmdlet in EMS:

Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity User1 | FT Name,FolderPath -AutoSize  

So you can view all folders here, if the result contains too many items, you could also export it to .csv file.

Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity Louis | Select-Object Name,FolderPath | Export-CSV C:\1\Folder.csv  

Regards,
Lou

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