Description:
Verifies that MailTips are enabled for end users in Exchange Online, including MailTips for external recipients and group metrics.
Why:
MailTips assist end users with identifying strange patterns in emails they send, helping prevent accidental data leakage and improving overall email security awareness.
Configured / Not Configured: Not defined in the product. A security writer should supply the pass/fail wording before publishing.
Scoring: Contributes up to 1 point to the Posture Recommendations score.
Category: Exchange
Microsoft Licensing: Works with Basic licensing
Secure Score Impact: YES — Microsoft publishes the improvement action "Ensure MailTips are enabled for end users".
Remediation in Augmentt: Configure directly in Augmentt (Configure tab); Guided remediation steps (Instructions tab)
Compliance Frameworks:
CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v6 (Level 1) — 6.5.2
Microsoft documentation:
_KB status: new — this check is not yet documented in the knowledge base._
_Source: Augmentt native check, aligned to the CIS Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark. Check ID mailtipsenabled (module 1090)._
Sourced for this page:
Secure Score — Microsoft Learn publishes the Secure Score improvement action "Ensure MailTips are enabled for end users".
Editor note — not defined in the product: no configured/not-configured status text in-app.
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 · Exchange · M365 Basic · CIS M365 v6 L1