How to check email activity in Microsoft 365

Email is a common source of malicious attacks in IT organizations. It is vulnerable to spam, malware, and phishing attacks. Data theft via email is one challenge that many organizations are facing now. It is a huge burden on the Microsoft 365 admin to monitor every email that enters or leaves an organization.

M365 Manager Plus, an intuitive Microsoft 365 reporting, management, auditing, alerting, and monitoring tool, simplifies this laborious task by offering concise reports that can be delivered to the admins' inbox at set intervals. All you have to do is use the smart filter options available in the tool, and spot the suspicious emails and activities.

Steps to check email activity using M365 Manager Plus

1. Go to Audit under Auditing & Monitoring.
2. Navigate to Exchange Online → Exchange Activity.
3. Choose a suitable report from the list of reports available.
4. Select the Domains and Period for report generation.

You can also get information about pending, delivered, and undelivered emails using the mail trace logs. These reports can be exported as PDF, CSV, HTML, or XLSX files for future reference.

Highlights of M365 Manager Plus

• Over 700 intuitive geolocation-enabled reports.
• Scheduled reports and alert profiles for real-time updates.
• Virtual tenant support for simple and granular delegation of Microsoft 365 administration.
• Customizable templates to manage bulk users, groups, and contacts.
• Keyword and pattern-based mailbox content search.
• 24x7 monitoring of all Microsoft 365 services and endpoints.
• Custom help desk roles to delegate rights and permissions to technicians.

If you're a Microsoft 365 admin tired of performing monotonous management tasks and typing long PowerShell codes, find simpler solutions to your problems.