Audit Readiness

The question it answers: Is the unified audit log recording, is mailbox auditing on, and which mailboxes are exempt from auditing?

When something goes wrong, the investigation depends on logs that had to be switched on beforehand. Is the unified audit log recording, is mailbox auditing on for the organisation, and which accounts are exempt from mailbox auditing?

At a glance

Where in the app	Exchange Online › Mail Security Posture › Audit Readiness
Workload	Compliance
Kind	Findings list · dashboard tile
Data	Read from Microsoft 365 when someone first opens it, then kept for the report cache lifetime (Settings > Data & cache, 1 hour unless changed). It reads through PowerShell (Exchange Online or SharePoint Online), so the first load takes longer than a Graph report.
Licence	Exchange Online.
Report id (API and MCP)	exchange.posture.audit-readiness

Columns

Column	Key	Type
Severity	Severity	Status
Area	Category	Text
Subject	Subject	Link
Setting	Setting	Text
Current value	Value	Text
Assessment	Finding	Text
Detail	Detail	Text
Date	When	Date
Count	Number	Number

A findings list hides columns that no row fills. Severity is Critical, Serious, Warning, OK or Info; rows rated Critical, Serious or Warning need attention (Working with findings).

What it needs

Licence: Exchange Online.

Application permissions on the IntensiveReports app registration (all permissions):

Permission	API	What it allows	Note
Exchange.ManageAsApp	Office 365 Exchange Online	Manage Exchange As Application

Data sources it reads

• Get-AdminAuditLogConfig
• Get-OrganizationConfig
• Get-MailboxAuditBypassAssociation

Through the API and MCP

GET /ir-api/v1/reports/exchange.posture.audit-readiness?size=100

An AI assistant reads it with the MCP tool get_report and the id exchange.posture.audit-readiness. The client needs the Read grant for Compliance. See Using the API.