Setting Up Scheduled Scans
Aether365 runs scans automatically on a recurring schedule based on your plan. You can also create additional custom schedules with different frequencies, times, and scan types.
Automatic plan schedule
Every connected tenant receives one automatic recurring scan. This schedule is managed by your plan and appears in the Scheduled Scans section at the bottom of the Scans page with a Plan badge. It cannot be edited or deleted.
The frequency depends on your plan:
| Plan | Automatic scan frequency |
|---|---|
| Free | Monthly |
| Pro | Weekly |
| Enterprise | Daily or custom |
Creating a custom schedule
Custom schedules let you scan at additional times - for example, running an exposure scan on a different day from your compliance scan, or scanning before a security review.
To create a custom schedule:
- Navigate to Scans in the sidebar
- Scroll to the Scheduled Scans section at the bottom
- Click Add schedule
- A modal opens with the following fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | A label for this schedule (e.g. "Monthly exposure scan") |
| Scan type | Select Compliance or Exposure from the dropdown |
| Frequency | Daily, Weekly, or Monthly |
| Day of week | Shown when frequency is Weekly - select which day |
| Day of month | Shown when frequency is Monthly - select which day (1-31) |
| Hour | The hour to run (0-23) |
| Minute | The minute to run (0-59) |
| Timezone | The timezone for the scheduled time (30+ options available) |
| Enable after saving | Toggle to activate or deactivate the schedule immediately |
- Click Save
The schedule is created immediately and triggers at the next matching time.
Tenant required
If no Microsoft 365 tenant is connected, the scheduled scans section shows a warning prompting you to connect a tenant first.
The scheduled scans table
The scheduled scans table shows all your schedules with these columns:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Schedule name (plan schedules show a "Plan" chip) |
| Type | Compliance or Exposure scan type chip |
| Schedule | Frequency description and timezone |
| Status | Enabled or Paused |
| Last run | When the schedule last triggered |
Hover over a row to see the edit (pencil) and delete (trash) buttons. Plan schedules cannot be edited or deleted.
Pausing and resuming
To pause a custom schedule without deleting it:
- Find the schedule in the table
- Click the edit (pencil) icon
- Toggle the Enable after saving switch off
- Click Save
A paused schedule shows a Paused status chip and will not trigger until re-enabled.
Info card
Below the schedule table, an info card shows your current plan's automatic scan behavior: "Your [plan] plan runs [frequency] automated scans." This is separate from any custom schedules you create.
Timezones
All schedules are stored and evaluated in UTC internally. The timezone field controls how the time is interpreted. If you configure a schedule for 09:00 Europe/London, it fires at 09:00 local London time (which shifts between UTC+0 and UTC+1 with daylight saving).
TIP
Use UTC for schedules that must fire at a precise time regardless of daylight saving changes.
API
Scheduled scans can also be managed via the REST API. See Scheduled Scans API.