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SharePoint 2016 who viewed content of a file

Heste Janse van Rensburg 21 Reputation points
2022-09-16T08:32:05.19+00:00

My client has SharePoint 2016 and wants to know who viewed the contents of a specific file. The Audit Log settings were not activated. Is there a way via PowerShell or another route one can trace who viewed the contents of a file?

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  1. JimmySalian-2011 42,166 Reputation points
    2022-09-16T08:37:07.91+00:00

    Hi Heste,

    I dont think so you will be able to trace unless auditing was enabled, you can check the permissions of the file/document and see what has access and work it through that way and check local devices logs but could be long process to trace, if you have proxy logs or network monitoring you can check the logs.

    However it is not late to enable the logging if it is SPO and compliance reports are excellent way to audit and monitor. communication-compliance-reports-audits

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