Description:
Verifies that non-admin users are prevented from creating new Microsoft Entra tenants. Tenant creation grants the creator Global Administrator rights in the new tenant, outside the organization's governance.
Why:
CIS M365 Foundations Benchmark v6 §5.1.2.3 (L1) requires restricting non-admin users from creating Microsoft Entra tenants. Tenant creation gives the creator Global Administrator rights in the new tenant and does not inherit the customer's existing security configuration.
Configured: Non-admin users are restricted from creating Microsoft Entra tenants.
Not Configured: Non-admin users can create Microsoft Entra tenants.
Scoring: Contributes up to 1 point to the Posture Recommendations score.
Category: Identity
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:
CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v6 (Level 1) — 5.1.2.3
CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v7 (Level 1) — 5.1.2.3
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 AUG.CIS.M365.5.1.2.3 (module 1081)._
Sourced for this page:
Category — Microsoft service targeted by the check
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 · Microsoft Entra ID · M365 Basic · CIS M365 v6 L1 · CIS M365 v7 L1