Description:
Verifies that SMTP Auth is disabled.
Why:
SMTP AUTH is not used or needed by modern email clients. Therefore, disabling it as the global default conforms to the principle of least functionality.
Configured: SMTP Auth is disabled.
Not Configured: SMTP Auth is enabled.
Scoring: Contributes up to 1 point to the Posture Recommendations score.
Category: Exchange
Microsoft Licensing: Works with Basic licensing
Secure Score Impact: Not verified. No Microsoft Secure Score control could be confirmed for this setting from published sources. See the note in README.md before publishing this field.
Remediation in Augmentt: Configure directly in Augmentt (Configure tab); Guided remediation steps (Instructions tab)
Compliance Frameworks:
CISA SCuBA — MS.EXO.5.1
CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v6 (Level 1) — 6.5.4
CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v7 (Level 1) — 6.5.4
Microsoft documentation:
_KB status: new — this check is not yet documented in the knowledge base._
_Source: Sourced from the open-source Maester project and extended by Augmentt with multi-tenant support, compliance mapping and in-product remediation. Check ID CISA.MS.EXO.5.1 (module 1022)._
Sourced for this page:
Category — Maester test catalog (maester.dev/docs/tests) — test is graded against the "exchange" tier, so it evaluates a Microsoft Entra ID setting
Secure Score — No Microsoft Secure Score control name is published for this setting and Augmentt does not read one.
Draft metadata — apply these as Stonly tags in the console, then delete this block. The Stonly API cannot set tags, so they are recorded here instead.
Tags: posture-check · compliance-audit · Exchange Online · M365 Basic · CISA SCuBA · CIS M365 v6 L1 · CIS M365 v7 L1