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David1760
Aug 08, 2024Copper Contributor
OneDrive for Business
I am a global admin for a medium sized corporation. In all my years, I’ve never had anyone do this - We terminated an employee and before she turned in her laptop, she deleted one folder from her O...
VasilMichev
Aug 08, 2024MVP
Why not login as the user and try the "Restore" functionality? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/restore-your-onedrive-fa231298-759d-41cf-bcd0-25ac53eb8a15
Otherwise, CSOM/Graph API based script is your best option.
And make sure to add her account to a retention policy in order to avoid permanent data loss (should be standard in most enterprises due to all the compliance requirements nowadays).
Otherwise, CSOM/Graph API based script is your best option.
And make sure to add her account to a retention policy in order to avoid permanent data loss (should be standard in most enterprises due to all the compliance requirements nowadays).
- David1760Aug 08, 2024Copper ContributorI appreciate your reply. After I posted my question, I took a new laptop out of the box and set it up as her and installed O365 Business Premier. As I mentioned before, that “restore” function is only for personal office 365 accounts. That is exactly what I could use with our domain accounts - I’m not sure why we don’t have that functionality.
Thank you for taking the time to reply.- VasilMichevAug 09, 2024MVPNo it is not, you can use it with OneDrive for Business too. I am not sure though if it is supported when accessing the drive as delegate, thus the suggestion to login as the user herself. If you feel adventurous, you can try in on behalf, use:
https://tenant-my.sharepoint.com/personal/user_domain_com/?p=18