Check if users are in Entra ID Recycle Bin

Question

Hi Folks!

I have a script which I am using today to check to see what users are in the Entra ID Recycle Bin and those who are no longer in the Recycle Bin. The script uses the Get-MsolUser -ReturnDeletedUsers command (which is being discontinued). It looks like I will have to start moving to using the Get-MgUser (MS Graph) command, but it looks like there is no -ReturnDeletedUsers switch for Get-MgUser.

The script I currently use is below.

The input file just has the userprincipalname as the header, followed by the users

userprincipalname

testuser1@test.com

testuser2@test.conm

Can someone please help with re-tooling my script so that it works with MS Graph?

Thanks in advance!

# CHECK IF USERS ARE IN THE ENTRA ID RECYCLE BIN AND CREATE RELEVANT FILES

$CSVFile = "D:\Temp\Master-Input-File.csv"
$Users = Import-Csv -Path $CSVFile

Write-Host "Checking if users are in the Entra ID Recycle Bin" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host
ForEach ($User in $Users)
{
    If(Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName $User.userprincipalname -ReturnDeletedUsers -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
    {
        Write-host "$($User.UserPrincipalName) is in the Entra ID Recycle Bin"
        $User.UserPrincipalName | 
        Out-File D:\Temp\Users-in-Recycle-Bin.csv -Append            
    }
    Else
    {
        Write-host "$($User.UserPrincipalName) is not in the Entra ID Recycle Bin" -f Yellow
        $User.UserPrincipalName | 
        Out-File D:\Temp\Users-Not-In-Recycle-Bin.csv -Append
        
    }
}

Answer 1

Hello @mark terry ,

Thank you for your reaching out to Microsoft QnA Platform. I guess you should be able to replace "Get-MsolUser -ReturnDeletedUsers" with "Get-MgDirectoryDeletedItem -Filter "userPrincipalName eq '$($User.userprincipalname)'".

• Get-MgDirectoryDeletedItem - Retrieves the properties of a recently deleted application, group, servicePrincipal, administrative unit, or user object from deleted items.
• More information on this command can be found on following article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.graph.identity.directorymanagement/get-mgdirectorydeleteditem?view=graph-powershell-1.0

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