{"id":401,"date":"2020-11-16T13:10:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2025-05-06T22:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T20:01:56","slug":"user-create-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/user-create-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Find mailbox creation date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you need to check when a user\u2019s mailbox was created, you can easily do this using Exchange Online PowerShell. This is useful for troubleshooting, auditing, or understanding the lifecycle of a mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Connect to Exchange Online<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, connect to Exchange Online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>Connect-ExchangeOnline<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll be prompted to sign in with an account that has the necessary permissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Get the mailbox creation date<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Run the following command to retrieve the mailbox creation date:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>Get-Mailbox user@contoso.com | Select-Object WhenCreatedUTC,Name<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Example output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>WhenCreatedUTC             Name<br>------------------------   ---------<br>2020-01-10 08:45:12        John Doe<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>WhenCreatedUTC<\/strong> property shows the exact date and time when the mailbox was created in Exchange Online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to check when a user\u2019s mailbox was created, you can easily do this using Exchange Online PowerShell. 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