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Accessing Deleted User's Mailbox via Microsoft Graph API

Gangadhar Rao Tavva 0 Reputation points
2025-05-07T10:33:20.34+00:00

Is it possible to access or read a user's mailbox through Microsoft Graph API after the user has been deleted from Azure AD, without the need to restore the user account?

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A Microsoft programmability model that exposes REST APIs and client libraries to access data on Microsoft 365 services.
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  1. Andy David - MVP 156.3K Reputation points MVP Moderator
    2025-05-07T10:39:51.17+00:00

    You would need to use Ediscovery to access an inactive "soft deleted" mailbox that was on some sort of hold (Same as Purview), otherwise you would have to license it again for Exchange Online to make it active.

    Graph APIs for Edsic:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/security-ediscovery-apioverview?view=graph-rest-1.0

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