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Entra / Microsoft 365 · Users & guests

Find old Entra ID guest accounts

Find Entra ID guest user accounts older than 365 days and report the groups they belong to.

Connect & set up

Run these once per session. All scopes are read-only unless the script makes changes.

Connect-MgGraph -Scopes AuditLog.Read.All, Directory.Read.All -NoWelcome

Run it

The main script. Copy it, or download the .ps1 and run it from your console.

Connect-MgGraph -Scopes AuditLog.Read.All, Directory.Read.All -NoWelcome
# Set age threshold for reporting a guest account
[int]$AgeThreshold = 365
# Output report name
$OutputReport = "c:\Temp\OldGuestAccounts.csv"
# Get all guest accounts in the tenant
Write-Host "Finding Guest Accounts..."
[Array]$GuestUsers = Get-MgUser -Filter "userType eq 'Guest'" -All -PageSize 999 -Property id, displayName, userPrincipalName, userType, SignInActivity, createdDateTime
$i = 0; $Report = [System.Collections.Generic.List[Object]]::new()
# Loop through the guest accounts looking for old accounts
Clear-Host
ForEach ($Guest in $GuestUsers) {
# Check the age of the guest account, and if it's over the threshold for days, report it
$i++
Write-Host ("Processing Guest {0} ({1} of {2})" -f $Guest.DisplayName, $i, $GuestUsers.Count)
$AADAccountAge = ($Guest.CreatedDateTime | New-TimeSpan).Days
If ($AADAccountAge -gt $AgeThreshold) {
$ProgressBar = "Processing Guest " + $Guest.DisplayName + " " + $AAdAccountAge + " days old " + " (" + $i + " of " + $GuestUsers.Count + ")"
Write-Progress -Activity "Checking Guest Account Information" -Status $ProgressBar -PercentComplete ($i/$GuestUsers.Count*100)
$GroupNames = $null; $RealGroups = $null
# Find what Microsoft 365 Groups the guest belongs to... if any
[array]$GuestGroups = Get-MgUserMemberOf -UserId $Guest.id
#$Uri = ("https://graph.microsoft.com/V1.0/users/{0}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group?`$filter=groupTypes/any(a:a eq 'unified')&`$top=200&$`orderby=displayName&`$count=true" -f $Guest.Id)
#[array]$Data = Invoke-MgGraphRequest -Uri $Uri
#[array]$GuestGroups = $Data.Value
If ($GuestGroups) {
# Exclude administrative units
$RealGroups = $GuestGroups | Where-Object {$_.additionalproperties.'@odata.type' -eq '#microsoft.graph.group'}
$GroupNames = $RealGroups.additionalProperties.displayName -join ", "
}
$DaysSinceSignIn = "N/A"; $Year = $Null
# Some Entra ID accounts without sign in data return a sign in date of Monday 1 January 0001 00:00:00
# which makes it difficult to assess how many days since the last sign in
If ($Guest.SignInActivity.LastSignInDateTime) {
[datetime]$UserLastSignInDate = $Guest.SignInActivity.LastSignInDateTime
$Year = (Get-Date($UserLastSignInDate) -format "yyyy")
}
Switch ($Year) {
$Null {
[string]$UserLastLogonDate = "No recent sign in records found"
$DaysSinceSignIn = "N/A" }
"0001" {
[string]$UserLastLogonDate = "No recent sign in records found"
$DaysSinceSignIn = "N/A" }
Default {
[string]$UserLastLogonDate = Get-Date ($UserLastSignInDate) -format g
$DaysSinceSignIn = ($UserLastLogonDate | New-TimeSpan).Days }
}
$Staleness = "Acceptable"
If (($AADAccountAge -ge 365) -and ($AADAccountAge -le 730) -and ($NumberOfGroups -eq 0)) {
$Staleness = "Stale"
} Elseif ($AADAccountAge -gt 730 -and $NumberOfGroups -eq 0) {
$Staleness = "Very Stale"
}
$ReportLine = [PSCustomObject][Ordered]@{
UPN = $Guest.UserPrincipalName
Name = $Guest.DisplayName
Age = $AADAccountAge
"Account created" = $Guest.CreatedDateTime
"Last sign in" = $UserLastLogonDate
"Days since sign in" = $DaysSinceSignIn
"Number of groups" = $RealGroups.Count
Groups = $GroupNames
"Staleness" = $Staleness
Id = $Guest.Id }
$Report.Add($ReportLine)
} #End if guest age met threshold
} #End Foreach guest
$Report | Export-CSV -NoTypeInformation $OutputReport
$PercentStale = ($Report.Count/$GuestUsers.Count).toString("P")
Write-Host ("Script complete. {0} guest accounts found aged over {1} days ({2} of {3} accounts). Output CSV file is in {4}" -f $Report.Count, $AgeThreshold, $PercentStale, $GuestUsers.count, $OutputReport)
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