Deleted Sites & Groups Nearing Permanent Purge
The question it answers: Which deleted groups and sites are in the recycle bin, and how many days are left before they are purged?
A deleted Microsoft 365 group can be restored - with its Team, site and mailbox - for 30 days; a deleted site for 93 days. After that it is gone. This report lists what is in the recycle bins and how many days are left, so a mistaken deletion is caught in time.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Where in the app | Entra ID › Identity Governance & Lifecycle › Deleted Sites & Groups Near Purge |
| Workload | Entra ID |
| Kind | Findings list · dashboard tile |
| Data | Read from Microsoft 365 when someone first opens it, then kept for the report cache lifetime (Settings > Data & cache, 1 hour unless changed). It reads through PowerShell (Exchange Online or SharePoint Online), so the first load takes longer than a Graph report. |
| Licence | No extra licence needed. |
| Report id (API and MCP) | entra.governance.deleted-sites-groups |
Columns
Section titled “Columns”| Column | Key | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Severity | Severity | Status |
| Object | Category | Text |
| Group / site | Subject | Link |
| Check | Setting | Text |
| Value | Value | Text |
| Finding | Finding | Text |
| Mail / status | Detail | Text |
| Deleted | When | Date |
| Days left | Number | Number |
A findings list hides columns that no row fills. Severity is Critical, Serious, Warning, OK or Info; rows rated Critical, Serious or Warning need attention (Working with findings).
What it needs
Section titled “What it needs”Licence: No extra licence needed.
Application permissions on the IntensiveReports app registration (all permissions):
| Permission | API | What it allows | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
Group.Read.All | Microsoft Graph | Read all groups | |
Sites.FullControl.All | Office 365 SharePoint Online | Have full control of all site collections | certificate PnP, deleted sites |
Data sources it reads
GET /v1.0/directory/deletedItems/microsoft.graph.groupGet-PnPTenantDeletedSite
Through the API and MCP
Section titled “Through the API and MCP”GET /ir-api/v1/reports/entra.governance.deleted-sites-groups?size=100An AI assistant reads it with the MCP tool get_report and the id entra.governance.deleted-sites-groups. The client needs the Read grant for Entra ID. See Using the API.