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Get-AzureADMSDeletedGroup vs. 'Get-UnifiedGroup -IncludeSoftDeletedGroups'
Yesterday I found the cause. There are 2 issues preventing the EXO and AAD cmdlets returning the same results for deleted groups.
- The time zone in AAD is UTC, EXO returns the results in the local time. So I changed the date filter for deleted groups in AAD to UTC.
- The main issue is Get-AzureADMSDeletedGroup does not return all deleted groups by default (and shows not information the results are limited). The cmdlet provides an additional parameter All.
Get-AzureADMSDeletedGroup -all:$true
-All
If true, return all group members. If false, return the number of objects specified by the Top parameterWithout the parameter Get-AzureADMSDeletedGroup returns just 100 results and the date filter was not applied to all deleted groups in AAD.
I did the same tests, one for the last 5 days and one for 30 days. Both commands include now the same results.
MicrosoftTobias these two cmdlets should return the same results (assuming the data between Azure AD and Exchange has been synched), can you consistently reproduce the issue?
I tested the commands again. Here is a screenshot of the commands and results. It's easy to compare. The Id of Get-AzureADMSDeletedGroup is connected to ExternalDirectoryObjectId of Get-UnifiedGroup. Two Ids are still missing in the deleted groups.
