Using the Dashboard
The Aether365 dashboard gives you a security posture snapshot for your connected Microsoft 365 tenant. This guide explains what each section shows and how to navigate it.
Layout overview
The app has a sidebar on the left with navigation grouped into Monitoring (Dashboard, Scans, Checks, Attack Surface, App Governance, Inbox Protection, Oversharing, Change Alerts, Threat Alerts, Evidence), Actions (AI Pilot, Business Impact Report, Policies), Optimization (License Waste), and Configuration (Connect Tenant, Settings).
The top bar contains the breadcrumb, your plan badge, a language switcher, and the user menu. If you have connected more than one tenant, the tenant switcher in the sidebar footer changes which tenant's data every page shows.
First visit: onboarding
If you have not connected a tenant yet, the dashboard shows a welcome card with a prompt to connect your Microsoft 365 tenant. Click the button to go to the Connect page.
Active scan banner
When a compliance scan is running, a banner appears at the top of the dashboard with a pulsing indicator and a View scan button that jumps to the live scan progress page.
Compliance score hero
The large card at the top shows your security posture from the latest completed compliance scan:
- A score ring with the pass rate percentage
- A verdict line summarising how healthy the tenant looks
- A stacked bar and legend with exact Passed / Failed / Skipped counts
- A vs previous delta showing the point change against the prior scan, plus how many findings were fixed and how many are new
Security Score = (passed checks / (passed + failed checks)) x 100Skipped checks are excluded from the score. A check is skipped when it is not applicable to your tenant configuration or license.
What score should I aim for?
A score above 80% is generally considered good for most organisations. A score above 90% indicates strong baseline security. No tenant typically achieves 100% - some checks require trade-offs with usability.
KPI row
Four cards under the hero:
| Card | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Critical findings | High-severity failures in the latest scan, with a trend vs the prior scan |
| App governance | Findings from the latest app governance scan |
| Connected tenants | How many tenants you use out of your plan limit |
| Next scheduled scan | Your plan's automatic scan frequency |
Evidence timeline preview
When evidence is available, a card above the results table previews the year timeline for your most relevant control - usually the most recently regressed one. Click it to open the full Evidence page.
Top failed checks
The widest card lists up to 5 failed controls from the latest compliance scan, each with its severity, framework and status. Click a row to open that control inside the scan detail, or View all results for the complete list.
AI Pilot
The AI Pilot card links to automated remediation: AI Pilot prepares fixes for your failed controls and applies them after your approval. Without a paid plan this card shows an upgrade prompt instead. See the AI Pilot guide.
Products in last scan
This card breaks the latest compliance scan down by Microsoft product - Entra, Exchange, Intune, Teams, SharePoint, Defender for Office 365, Purview and more. Each row shows a proportional green/red/gray bar (passed/failed/skipped) and the number of checks evaluated for that product.
The list is dynamic per tenant: products where every check was skipped (because your tenant does not use that product) are not shown.
Recent drift and recent activity
Two cards side by side at the bottom:
- Recent drift lists what changed between your recent scans - controls that regressed, newly failed, or were resolved. Click an event to open the scan it came from. This card only appears on plans with drift detection.
- Recent activity lists your most recently completed scans with relative timestamps.
What to look at first
When you open Aether365 for the first time after a scan:
- Check the overall posture score and the verdict line
- Look at Top failed checks for the most critical issues
- Scan the Products in last scan card to see which product concentrates your failures
- Check Recent drift for anything that regressed since the previous scan
- Start with Critical and High findings - see Remediating Findings for a step-by-step workflow