You have a Microsoft 365 tenant.
All Microsoft OneDrive for Business content is retained for five years.
A user named User1 left your company a year ago, after which the account of User1 was deleted from Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
You need to recover an important file that was stored in the OneDrive of User1
What should you use?
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A. B. C. D.B.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/set-retention https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/retention-and-deletionTo recover the important file that was stored in the OneDrive of User1, we need to consider the retention policy for the OneDrive content and the status of the user account.
According to the scenario, all Microsoft OneDrive for Business content is retained for five years. This means that even if the user account is deleted from Azure AD, the OneDrive content is still available for restore within the retention period.
Option A - the Restore-SPODeletedSite PowerShell cmdlet: This cmdlet is used to restore a deleted SharePoint Online site collection. However, this option is not applicable to the scenario because we are trying to recover a file from OneDrive, not a site collection.
Option B - the OneDrive recycle bin: The OneDrive recycle bin retains deleted files for a period of time, typically 93 days. However, since the user account has been deleted for over a year, the file would no longer be available in the recycle bin.
Option C - the Restore-ADObject PowerShell cmdlet: This cmdlet is used to restore a deleted Active Directory object. However, this option is not applicable to the scenario because we are trying to recover a file from OneDrive, which is a cloud-based storage solution, not a part of on-premises Active Directory.
Option D - Deleted users in the Microsoft 365 admin center: This option is the correct one to use in this scenario. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, we can go to Deleted users and search for the deleted user account of User1. Once we find the account, we can restore it, which will reassign the OneDrive content back to the user account. Once the user account is restored, we can then sign in as User1 and retrieve the important file from the OneDrive.
In summary, to recover an important file from a deleted OneDrive account, we need to restore the user account from the Deleted users section in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Once the account is restored, we can access the OneDrive content and retrieve the file.