Recover missing entire folder with its content from o365 shared mailbox

Shameem Ahmad 1 Reputation point
2021-10-05T23:14:53.57+00:00

someone (don't know who) from a 0365 shared mailbox user deleted a folder name "diary 2021" from a shared mailbox say safety@keyman .com two weeks ago.

How an Exchange / 0365 Admin can recover this folder?

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  1. Joyce Shen - MSFT 16,696 Reputation points
    2021-10-06T01:45:13.56+00:00

    Hi anonymous user

    Have you checked if the items can be found in Recover Deleted Items of the shared mailbox? Please note that: 'folders' can't be 'recovered', only messages
    Or in Exchange server side: Recover deleted messages in a user's mailbox in Exchange Online

    We could refer to the methods introduced in this link to recover deleted items in O365. Recover deleted mail items – Office 365

    1. Recovering deleted mail items by using Outlook and OWA mail clients.
    2. Recovering deleted mail items by using MFCMAPI utility.
    3. Recovering deleted mail items by using Exchange In-Place eDiscovery and Hold.
    4. Recovering deleted mail items by using the PowerShell cmdlets New-ComplianceSearch

    Use Compliance Search to search all mailboxes in Exchange Server
    New-ComplianceSearch: how to use the newer version of Search-Mailbox

    By the way, you could set up mailbox auditing - it logs who performed hard and soft deletions among other things.
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