SharePoint / Script to locate documents encrypted with passwords

Hi Mike,

Thanks for sharing! Not many organisations recognize the need to identify encrypted documents in SharePoint eventhough there are several reasons (e.g. compliance, searchable content, password management, ...).

There are 3rd party solutions with this capability. See e.g. https://www.slimapplications.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Encrypted-Documents.jpg

This tool will list encrypted files based on the extension ("hc,pgp,bexpk,sda,p7a,p7z,p7m,p7s,pfx") or whether the file contains an encryption marker (e.g. docx, xlsx, pptx, vsdx, zip, pdf, ..). The tool only retrieves part of the file to avoid downloading the full document.

Paul