Restore Deleted Groups in Office 365 Using PowerShell & Admin Center

The files are held for a span of 30 days. So you can restore deleted groups in Office 365. If an administrator wants to get back the file, they can restore it within thirty days only. All the group data i.e., Teams and Planner that comprises applications are in the process of restoration. In contrary to it, there are still a few issues with the team that are necessary to resolve.

User Scenario to Retrieve Office 365 Deleted Groups

A user tried to demonstrate things practically, he/ she made groups in MS Outlook i.e., Teams and Planner. Both the groups appeared in the Microsoft Office 365 group report as newly generated Groups. The next step performed was the deletion of groups in Microsoft Outlook. A popup is displayed showing groups deleted. Now, the question arises how to recover deleted Office 365 Groups?

Different Ways to Restore Groups That Were Deleted in Office 365

There are a few ways that you can perform this task, however, you should have some technical knowledge to perform it.  You can use two manual methods and a reliable solution to restore deleted groups in Microsoft 365. Let’s discuss them one by one.

Restore Office 365 Deleted Groups Using PowerShell:

To restore a deleted group, first connect to the PowerShell.

When the user runs this command, all the soft deleted Outlook 365 groups present in the organization will be displayed. But, only those groups will appear which are under the duration of 30 days i.e. retention period.

One can even preview the list of the soft-deleted groups using the following cmdlet in the PowerShell:

To retrieve deleted Office 365 Groups when the required Group IDs are known, one can use:

Jotted down the object ID of the group or groups one needs to restore, run the command given below:

Note: If the user is unable to find his/her group(s), it means the group is permanently deleted from the list.

Caution: If one has made a new group with the same credentials or SMTP address as that of the group that needs to gotten back, one needs to delete the new group first.

To retrieve a group run the following command in PowerShell:

To check whether the group is back again, one should write the command mentioned below in the PowerShell:

After restoring the deleted Office 365 groups using these PowerShell, the groups reappear on the navigation panel in MS Outlook and Outlook Web Access. All the restored content that comprises SharePoint and Planner will be again available to group members.

The restored group content comprises the following 7 features namely:

• Azure Active Directory (AD)
• Office 365 Group Object members
• Office 365 Group object properties
• Group SMTP address
• Shared inbox and calendar of Exchange
• Planner
• One Note Notebook

Recover Delete Groups in Office 365  Using Admin Center

Here are the steps you can use to recover deleted groups in Office 365 using the admin center:

Using the above straightforward process, you can effortlessly restore the Active status of Office 365. Following the conclusion of the 30-day retention window, the group, along with all its messages, will undergo permanent deletion.

To Sum It Up

From the above write-up, one has a clear image in mind regarding how to restore deleted groups in Office 365 users accounts. The main issue for an Exchange Online/Outlook 365 user is to recover the group whether it has been deleted intentionally or by mistake. The above-mentioned data provides users with a step-by-step guide for restoring deleted O365 groups. Follow every point and get your groups retrieved with ease.