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Get-MessageTraceDetail

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Get-*

> [!NOTE] > This cmdlet is replaced by the Get-MessageTraceDetailV2 cmdlet and will eventually be deprecated. Use the Get-MessageTraceDetail cmdlet to view the message trace event details for a specific message. These detailed results are returned less quickly than the Get-MessageTrace results.

Quick start script

# Get-MessageTraceDetail — quick start (serv365.ai)
# 1. Connect (app-only shown; interactive: omit the certificate parameters)
Connect-ExchangeOnline -CertificateThumbprint $thumb -AppId $appId -Organization $org

# 2. Run and inspect
Get-MessageTraceDetail -MessageTraceId <Guid> -RecipientAddress <String> | Format-List

# 3. Export for evidence / drift tracking
Get-MessageTraceDetail | Export-Clixml .\MessageTraceDetail-$(Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd).xml

Syntax

Get-MessageTraceDetail -MessageTraceId <Guid> -RecipientAddress <String>
 [-Action <MultiValuedProperty>]
 [-EndDate <DateTime>]
 [-Event <MultiValuedProperty>]
 [-MessageId <String>]
 [-Page <Int32>]
 [-PageSize <Int32>]
 [-ProbeTag <String>]
 [-SenderAddress <String>]
 [-StartDate <DateTime>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (11)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-MessageTraceId	Guid	yes	The MessageTraceId parameter filters the results by the message trace ID value of the message. This GUID value is generated for every message that's processed by the system (for example, c20e0f7a-f06b-41df-fe33-08d9da155ac1).
-RecipientAddress	String	yes	The RecipientAddress parameter filters the results by the recipient's email address.
-Action	MultiValuedProperty		The Action parameter filters the report by the action taken on messages. To view the complete list of valid values for this parameter, run the command: `Get-MailFilterListReport -SelectionTarget Actions`. The action...
-EndDate	DateTime		The EndDate parameter specifies the end date of the date range.
-Event	MultiValuedProperty		The Event parameter filters the report by the message event. The following are examples of common events:
-MessageId	String		The MessageId parameter filters the results by the Message-ID header field of the message. This value is also known as the Client ID. The format of the Message-ID depends on the messaging server that sent the...
-Page	Int32		The Page parameter specifies the page number of the results you want to view. Valid input for this parameter is an integer between 1 and 1000. The default value is 1.
-PageSize	Int32		The PageSize parameter specifies the maximum number of entries per page. Valid input for this parameter is an integer between 1 and 5000. The default value is 1000.
-ProbeTag	String		This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
-SenderAddress	String		The SenderAddress parameter filters the results by the sender's email address. You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
-StartDate	DateTime		The StartDate parameter specifies the start date of the date range.

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