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What's new in M365Advisor 2.1.0

· 7 min read
M365Advisor Team
M365Advisor Contributors

When we launched M365Advisor 2.0, it was our biggest release yet. Since then the project has kept moving: more than 540 commits, 1,900 files touched, and the published test documentation has grown from 128 to 168 tests.

This release brings M365Advisor into more of the places security teams live every day: Azure DevOps, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Copilot Studio, entitlement management, multi-tenant operations, and the report experience itself.

The end of code signing

· 3 min read
Fabian Bader
M365Advisor maintainer + Microsoft MVP

When we started with M365Advisor, we were in the luxurious position to use a code signing certificate for all published versions. This, sadly, ends today.

What's New with M365Advisor Tags

· 6 min read
Sam Erde
M365Advisor maintainer + IT Solutions Team Lead, Sentinel Technologies + Microsoft MVP

Today we are happy to announce that it is now easier to assess your M365 environment with specific types of tagged tests. Key M365Advisor tags are now less ambiguous, and a new function makes it easy to see all of the tests associated with each tag! 🏷️

Introduction to Compensating Controls 🎛️

· 6 min read
Mike Soule
M365Advisor maintainer + National Director, Sentinel Technologies

If you have ever seen one of my presentations on or we have ever discussed technology security or operations, you have likely heard me say something like: At a certain maturity level everything is just exception management. Keep reading to get more details on one of the most common exception management techniques, compensatory or compensating controls.

M365Advisor June 2025 Release

· 4 min read
Merill Fernando
M365Advisor maintainer + Product Manager, Microsoft

The M365Advisor community of contributors have been hard at work and we are excited to announce the June 2025 release of M365Advisor! 🎉

June stats

Here are some quick stats for you:

❇️ 55,000+ tenants have used M365Advisor to improve their security posture

🚀 260,000+ downloads of M365Advisor on PowerShell Gallery

💻 2,600+ commits on GitHub

🤝 72+ contributors

✳️ 285 M365Advisor tests (90+ new tests!)

📦 252 releases

There's a lot to cover, so let's dive right in!

M365Advisor adds ORCA tests

· 8 min read
Mike Soule
M365Advisor maintainer + National Director, Sentinel Technologies
Thomas S. Schmidt
Cybersecurity Architect, TDC Erhverv

The M365Advisor module can now dynamically build the necessary files for testing and reporting on all the Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA) controls. Providing users with a single report covering many controls that existed before M365Advisor and which are still valuable. 🚀