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Exchange 2007 Folder Audit Log Powershell Gui Version 1.0

One of the cool things about new features when they are introduced in Service packs is it gives us all a lot more ways of seeing whats happening day to day within our Email environments and hopefully gives us some windows into miss and poor configuration problems. The folder access audit logs are cool but buried in the windows event logs can be hard to use to gain the clarity that might be useful.

The good thing is with a little bit of powershell, a bit of imagination and some time you can bash together something usefull that will extract that information from the logs, parse (or if your using 2008 xpath). Then group that information into a more usable form and present it back into a Winform so you can interact with it.

I've put together actually two scripts to do this the main difference between these scripts is the method they use to access the log. The first script uses WMI to access the Exchange Audit logs (a couple of weeks okay i said this wouldn't work which i was completly wrong about the issue i was having is that you need to have at least view only Exchange Admin to to query these logs). The second script uses the .NET 3.5 class and Xpath to access the logs but this will only work on platforms that support these new classes eg Vista,7,2008.

This script uses a combination of Exchange Management Shell cmdlets get-mailbox and get-mailuser to get the displayname information about all users and then store these in hashtable which can then be used when referencing information that is retrieved from the event logs. It then retrieves the eventlogs for the defined period and server you select via the GUI and then summerises the number of accesses to each folder and displays them in one grid. You can then select the mailox or useraccount used and get the detail on the raw logs. There is also the ability to export each of the grid to a CSV file from the buttons at the bottom of the GUI.

These two scripts are very beta-ish at the moment because of the amount of data that can build up in these logs depending on your log settings. This means when you query and group this data it can be a big challenge without a proper database what I've found is trying to group more then an hours worth or information can be a bit of issue. I'm also not really decided on the how to best group the data that is coming back I'm leaning more towards a summarised approach but there is always version 2 for that.

I've put a download of the code for the two scripts here the script itself looks like

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Core")

$UserDNHash = @{ }
$FHash = @{ }
$RHash = @{ }
function FillDnHash(){
$mbServers = get-mailboxserver
$mbServers | foreach-object{
get-mailbox -server $_.Name -ResultSize Unlimited | foreach-object{
$UserDNHash.Add($_.LegacyExchangeDN.ToString(),$_)

}
}
get-mailuser -ResultSize Unlimited | foreach-object{
$UserDNHash.Add($_.LegacyExchangeDN.ToString(),$_)

}
}
FillDnHash

function showdetail(){

if ($GnGroupbyDrop.SelectedItem -eq "UserName Used"){
$rows = $fsTable.Select("AccessedBy = '" + $f2Table.DefaultView[$dgDataGrid.CurrentCell.RowIndex][0] + "'")}
else{
$rows = $fsTable.Select("Mailbox = '" + $f1Table.DefaultView[$dgDataGrid.CurrentCell.RowIndex][0] + "'")}

$frTable.clear()
foreach ($row in $rows){
$frTable.rows.add($row[0].ToString(),$row[1].ToString(),$row[2].ToString(),$row[3].ToString()
,$row[4].ToString(),$row[5].ToString(),$row[6].ToString(),$row[7].ToString(),$row[8].ToString(),
$row[9].ToString())
}
$dgDataGrid1.datasource = $frTable

}

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.windows.forms")

$form = new-object System.Windows.Forms.form
# Add DataTable

$Dataset = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
$fsTable = New-Object System.Data.DataTable
$f1Table = New-Object System.Data.DataTable
$f2Table = New-Object System.Data.DataTable
$frTable = New-Object System.Data.DataTable

$f1Table.TableName = "Folder Access Forward"
$f1Table.Columns.Add("Mailbox")
$f1Table.Columns.Add("Inbox #")
$f1Table.Columns.Add("Calendar #")
$f1Table.Columns.Add("FreeBusy #")
$f1Table.Columns.Add("Other #")
$Dataset.tables.add($f1Table)


$f2Table.TableName = "Folder Access Reverse"
$f2Table.Columns.Add("User")
$f2Table.Columns.Add("Inbox #")
$f2Table.Columns.Add("Calendar #")
$f2Table.Columns.Add("FreeBusy #")
$f2Table.Columns.Add("Other #")
$Dataset.tables.add($f2Table)


$fsTable.TableName = "Folder Access Detail"
$fsTable.Columns.Add("RecordID")
$fsTable.Columns.Add("DateTime",[DATETIME])
$fsTable.Columns.Add("Mailbox")
$fsTable.Columns.Add("FolderName")
$fstable.Columns.Add("FolderPath")
$fsTable.Columns.Add("AccessedBy")
$fsTable.Columns.Add("IPAddress")
$fsTable.Columns.Add("MachineName")
$fsTable.Columns.Add("ProgramName")
$fsTable.Columns.Add("ApplicationID")
$Dataset.tables.add($fsTable)

$frtable.TableName = "Folder Access Detail Show"
$frTable.Columns.Add("RecordID")
$frtable.Columns.Add("DateTime",[DATETIME])
$frtable.Columns.Add("Mailbox")
$frtable.Columns.Add("FolderName")
$frtable.Columns.Add("FolderPath")
$frtable.Columns.Add("AccessedBy")
$frtable.Columns.Add("IPAddress")
$frtable.Columns.Add("MachineName")
$frtable.Columns.Add("ProgramName")
$frtable.Columns.Add("ApplicationID")
$Dataset.tables.add($frtable)

$sdetailButton = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$sdetailButton.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(550,19)
$sdetailButton.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(120,23)
$sdetailButton.Text = "Show Folder Detail"
$sdetailButton.visible = $True
$sdetailButton.Add_Click({showDetail})
$form.Controls.Add($sdetailButton)

$gllogButton = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$gllogButton.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(440,19)
$gllogButton.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(90,23)
$gllogButton.Text = "Get Logs"
$gllogButton.visible = $True
$gllogButton.Add_Click({getLogs})
$form.Controls.Add($gllogButton)

# Add Server DropLable
$snServerNamelableBox = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$snServerNamelableBox.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(10,20)
$snServerNamelableBox.size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(80,20)
$snServerNamelableBox.Text = "ServerName"
$form.Controls.Add($snServerNamelableBox)

# Add Server Drop Down
$snServerNameDrop = new-object System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox
$snServerNameDrop.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(90,20)
$snServerNameDrop.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(100,30)
get-mailboxserver | ForEach-Object{$snServerNameDrop.Items.Add($_.Name)}
$form.Controls.Add($snServerNameDrop)


# Add DateTimePickers Button

$dpDatePickerFromlableBox = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$dpDatePickerFromlableBox.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(10,50)
$dpDatePickerFromlableBox.size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(90,20)
$dpDatePickerFromlableBox.Text = "Logged Between"
$form.Controls.Add($dpDatePickerFromlableBox)

$dpTimeFrom = new-object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$dpTimeFrom.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(110,50)
$dpTimeFrom.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(190,20)
$form.Controls.Add($dpTimeFrom)

$dpDatePickerFromlableBox1 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$dpDatePickerFromlableBox1.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(10,70)
$dpDatePickerFromlableBox1.size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(50,20)
$dpDatePickerFromlableBox1.Text = "and"
$form.Controls.Add($dpDatePickerFromlableBox1)

$dpTimeFrom1 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$dpTimeFrom1.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(110,70)
$dpTimeFrom1.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(190,20)
$form.Controls.Add($dpTimeFrom1)

$dpTimeFrom2 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$dpTimeFrom2.Format = "Time"
$dpTimeFrom2.value = [DateTime]::get_Now().AddHours(-1)
$dpTimeFrom2.ShowUpDown = $True
$dpTimeFrom2.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(310,50)
$dpTimeFrom2.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(190,20)
$form.Controls.Add($dpTimeFrom2)

$dpTimeFrom3 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
$dpTimeFrom3.Format = "Time"
$dpTimeFrom3.ShowUpDown = $True
$dpTimeFrom3.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(310,70)
$dpTimeFrom3.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(190,20)
$form.Controls.Add($dpTimeFrom3)


# Add DropLable
$GnGroupbylableBox = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$GnGroupbylableBox.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(200,20)
$GnGroupbylableBox.size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(100,20)
$GnGroupbylableBox.Text = "Group Results By"
$form.Controls.Add($GnGroupbylableBox)


$GnGroupbyDrop = new-object System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox
$GnGroupbyDrop.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(310,20)
$GnGroupbyDrop.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(110,30)
$GnGroupbyDrop.Items.Add("Mailbox Accessed")
$GnGroupbyDrop.Items.Add("UserName Used")
$GnGroupbyDrop.Add_SelectedValueChanged({if ($GnGroupbyDrop.SelectedItem -eq "UserName Used"){$dgDataGrid.datasource = $f2Table}
else{$dgDataGrid.datasource = $f1Table}
})
$form.Controls.Add($GnGroupbyDrop)


# Add Export 1st Button

$exButton1 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$exButton1.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(10,620)
$exButton1.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(125,20)
$exButton1.Text = "Export Summary Grid"
$exButton1.Add_Click({exportTable})
$form.Controls.Add($exButton1)

# Add Export 2sn Button

$exButton2 = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$exButton2.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(550,620)
$exButton2.Size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(135,20)
$exButton2.Text = "Export Details Grid"
$exButton2.Add_Click({exportDetail})
$form.Controls.Add($exButton2)

# Add DataGrid View

$dgDataGrid = new-object System.windows.forms.DataGridView
$dgDataGrid.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(10,100)
$dgDataGrid.size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(530,500)
$dgDataGrid.AutoSizeRowsMode = "AllHeaders"
$form.Controls.Add($dgDataGrid)

$dgDataGrid1 = new-object System.windows.forms.DataGridView
$dgDataGrid1.Location = new-object System.Drawing.Size(550,100)
$dgDataGrid1.size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(450,500)
$dgDataGrid1.AutoSizeRowsMode = "AllHeaders"
$form.Controls.Add($dgDataGrid1)


function getlogs{
$DateTo = New-Object System.DateTime $dpTimeFrom.value.year,$dpTimeFrom.value.month,$dpTimeFrom.value.day,$dpTimeFrom2.value.hour
,$dpTimeFrom2.value.minute,$dpTimeFrom2.value.second
$DateFrom = New-Object System.DateTime $dpTimeFrom1.value.year,$dpTimeFrom1.value.month,$dpTimeFrom1.value.day,
$dpTimeFrom3.value.hour,$dpTimeFrom3.value.minute,$dpTimeFrom3.value.second

$DateFromTS = New-TimeSpan -Start $DateFrom -End ([System.DateTime]::Now)
$DateToTS = New-TimeSpan -Start $DateTo -End ([System.DateTime]::Now)

$f1Table.Clear()
$f2Table.Clear()
$fsTable.Clear()

$elLogQuery = ""
$eqEventLogQuery = new-object System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogQuery("Exchange Auditing", [System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.PathType]::LogName, $elLogQuery);
$eqEventLogQuery.Session = new-object System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogSession($snServerNameDrop.SelectedItem)
$lrEventLogReader = new-object System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogReader($eqEventLogQuery)

for($eventInstance = $lrEventLogReader.ReadEvent();$eventInstance -ne $null; $eventInstance = $lrEventLogReader.ReadEvent()){
[System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogRecord]$erEventRecord = [System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogRecord]$eventInstance
if($erEventRecord.Properties[5].Value -match "" -eq $false){
$exAuditObject = "" | select RecordID,TimeCreated,FolderPath,FolderName,Mailbox,AccessingUser,MailboxLegacyExchangeDN,AccessingUserLegacyExchangeDN
,MachineName,Address,ProcessName,ApplicationId
$exAuditObject.RecordID = $erEventRecord.RecordID
$exAuditObject.TimeCreated = $erEventRecord.TimeCreated.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
$exAuditObject.FolderPath = $erEventRecord.Properties[0].Value.ToString()
$exAuditObject.FolderName = $erEventRecord.Properties[1].Value.ToString()
$exAuditObject.Mailbox = $erEventRecord.Properties[2].Value.ToString()
$mbMailbox = $erEventRecord.Properties[5].Value.ToString()
$exAuditObject.AccessingUser = $erEventRecord.Properties[3].Value.ToString()
$AccessingUser = $erEventRecord.Properties[4].Value.ToString()
$exAuditObject.AccessingUserLegacyExchangeDN = $erEventRecord.Properties[4].Value.ToString()
$exAuditObject.MailboxLegacyExchangeDN = $erEventRecord.Properties[5].Value.ToString()
$exAuditObject.MachineName = $erEventRecord.Properties[8].Value.ToString()
$exAuditObject.Address = $erEventRecord.Properties[9].Value.ToString()
$exAuditObject.ProcessName = $erEventRecord.Properties[10].Value.ToString()
$exAuditObject.ApplicationId = $erEventRecord.Properties[12].Value.ToString()
if ($exAuditObject.MailboxLegacyExchangeDN.ToString() -ne $exAuditObject.AccessingUserLegacyExchangeDN.ToString()){
$fsTable.Rows.add($exAuditObject.RecordID,$exAuditObject.TimeCreated.ToString(),
$UserDNHash[$mbMailbox].DisplayName,$exAuditObject.FolderName.ToString(),
$exAuditObject.FolderPath.ToString(),$UserDNHash[$AccessingUser].DisplayName,$exAuditObject.Address.ToString()
,$exAuditObject.MachineName.ToString(),$exAuditObject.ProcessName.ToString(),$exAuditObject.ApplicationId.ToString())

if($Fhash.containskey($mbMailbox)){
switch($exAuditObject.FolderName.ToString()){
"Inbox" {$Fhash[$mbMailbox].InboxCount = $Fhash[$mbMailbox].InboxCount + 1}
"Calendar" {$Fhash[$mbMailbox].CalendarCount = $Fhash[$mbMailbox].CalendarCount + 1}
"FreeBusy Data" {$FHash[$mbMailbox].FreeBusyCount = $FHash[$mbMailbox].FreeBusyCount + 1}
default {$Fhash[$mbMailbox].OtherCount = $Fhash[$mbMailbox].OtherCount + 1}
}
}
else{
$coCustObj = "" | select MailboxName,InboxCount,CalendarCount,FreeBusyCount,OtherCount
$coCustObj.MailboxName = $mbMailbox
$coCustObj.InboxCount = 0
$coCustObj.CalendarCount = 0
$coCustObj.FreeBusyCount = 0
$coCustObj.OtherCount = 0
$Fhash.add($mbMailbox,$coCustObj)
switch($folderName){
"Inbox" {$Fhash[$mbMailbox].InboxCount = $Fhash[$mbMailbox].InboxCount + 1}
"Calendar" {$Fhash[$mbMailbox].CalendarCount = $Fhash[$mbMailbox].CalendarCount + 1}
"FreeBusy Data" {$FHash[$mbMailbox].FreeBusyCount = $FHash[$mbMailbox].FreeBusyCount + 1}
default {$Fhash[$mbMailbox].OtherCount = $Fhash[$mbMailbox].OtherCount + 1}
}
}

if($RHash.containskey($AccessingUser)){
switch($exAuditObject.FolderName.ToString()){
"Inbox" {$RHash[$AccessingUser].InboxCount = $RHash[$AccessingUser].InboxCount + 1}
"Calendar" {$RHash[$AccessingUser].CalendarCount = $RHash[$AccessingUser].CalendarCount + 1}
"FreeBusy Data" {$RHash[$AccessingUser].FreeBusyCount = $RHash[$AccessingUser].FreeBusyCount + 1}
default {$RHash[$AccessingUser].OtherCount = $RHash[$AccessingUser].OtherCount + 1}

}
}
else{
$coCustObj = "" | select MailboxName,InboxCount,FreeBusyCount,CalendarCount,OtherCount
$coCustObj.MailboxName = $AccessingUser
$coCustObj.InboxCount = 0
$coCustObj.CalendarCount = 0
$coCustObj.FreeBusyCount = 0
$coCustObj.OtherCount = 0
$Rhash.add($AccessingUser,$coCustObj)
switch($exAuditObject.FolderName.ToString()){
"Inbox" {$RHash[$AccessingUser].InboxCount = $RHash[$AccessingUser].InboxCount + 1}
"Calendar" {$RHash[$AccessingUser].CalendarCount = $RHash[$AccessingUser].CalendarCount + 1}
"FreeBusy Data" {$RHash[$AccessingUser].FreeBusyCount = $RHash[$AccessingUser].FreeBusyCount + 1}
default {$RHash[$AccessingUser].OtherCount = $RHash[$AccessingUser].OtherCount + 1}
}
}
}
}
}
foreach($key in $Fhash.keys){
$f1Table.rows.add($UserDNHash[$Fhash[$key].MailboxName].DisplayName,$Fhash[$key].InboxCount,
$Fhash[$key].CalendarCount,$Fhash[$key].FreeBusyCount,$Fhash[$key].OtherCount)
}
foreach($key in $Rhash.keys){
$f2Table.rows.add($UserDNHash[$Rhash[$key].MailboxName].DisplayName,$Rhash[$key].InboxCount,
$Rhash[$key].CalendarCount,$Rhash[$key].FreeBusyCount,$Rhash[$key].OtherCount)
}

if ($GnGroupbyDrop.SelectedItem -eq "UserName Used"){$dgDataGrid.datasource = $f2Table}
else{$dgDataGrid.datasource = $f1Table}

}

function exportTable{
$exFileName = new-object System.Windows.Forms.saveFileDialog
$exFileName.DefaultExt = "csv"
$exFileName.Filter = "csv files (*.csv)|*.csv"
$exFileName.InitialDirectory = "c:\temp"
$exFileName.Showhelp = $true
$exFileName.ShowDialog()
if ($exFileName.FileName -ne ""){
$logfile = new-object IO.StreamWriter($exFileName.FileName,$true)
$logfile.WriteLine("MailboxName,InboxCount,FreeBusyCount,CalendarCount,OtherCount")
$table = $dgDataGrid.datasource
foreach($row in $table.Rows){
$logfile.WriteLine("`"" + $row[0].ToString() + "`"," + $row[1].ToString() + "," + $row[2].ToString() + "," + $row[3].ToString() + "," + $row[4].ToString())
}
$logfile.Close()
}

}

function exportDetail{
$exFileName = new-object System.Windows.Forms.saveFileDialog
$exFileName.DefaultExt = "csv"
$exFileName.Filter = "csv files (*.csv)|*.csv"
$exFileName.InitialDirectory = "c:\temp"
$exFileName.Showhelp = $true
$exFileName.ShowDialog()
if ($exFileName.FileName -ne ""){
$logfile = new-object IO.StreamWriter($exFileName.FileName,$true)
$logfile.WriteLine("RecordID,TimeCreated,FolderPath,FolderName,Mailbox,
AccessingUser,MailboxLegacyExchangeDN,AccessingUserLegacyExchangeDN,MachineName,
Address,ProcessName,ApplicationId")
$table = $dgDataGrid1.datasource
foreach($row in $table.Rows){
$logfile.WriteLine("`"" + $row[0].ToString() + "`"," + $row[1].ToString() + "," + $row[2].ToString() + "," + $row[3].ToString() + "," + $row[4].ToString() + "," + $row[5].ToString() + "," + $row[6].ToString()+ "," + $row[7].ToString() + "," + $row[8].ToString() + "," + $row[9].ToString())
}
$logfile.Close()
}

}

$form.Text = "Exchange 2007 Mailbox Folder Access Audit Form"
$form.size = new-object System.Drawing.Size(1000,800)
$form.autoscroll = $true
$form.Add_Shown({$form.Activate()})
$form.ShowDialog()
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