Behind the Tenant: one of the first looks at Maester 3.0
I joined Rich Dean on the first episode of Syncro's Behind the Tenant to give one of the first public looks at Maester 3.0.
Merill Fernando1 min read
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News and guides from the Maester team
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Maester 3.0: a new test engine, and a heads-up for preview users
Maester 3.0 merges into main on 8 October 2026 at 10:00 UTC, so the preview build on the PowerShell Gallery becomes 3.0. Here's what that means for your automation, and a walkthrough of the new native test format and engine.
Merill Fernando9 min read
Maester 2.3: From AI Agents to Affected Objects
A new Affected objects report, security checks for Microsoft Entra Agent ID, the CIS Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark v7.0.0, macOS and Azure DevOps Advanced Security coverage, multi-forest Active Directory, a much smaller report, and security hardening across the module.
Maester Team17 min read
Introducing Maester 2.2
Deep Active Directory coverage, AI data security checks with Microsoft Purview, SharePoint and GitHub security tests, Global Secure Access, contributor credits, and a sharper report experience.
Maester Team8 min read
What's new in Maester 2.1.0
Azure DevOps tests, Copilot Studio agent checks, Defender for Endpoint coverage, multi-tenant reporting, CIS updates, and more.
Maester Team6 min read
Introducing Active Directory Security Testing in Maester
Maester now supports comprehensive Active Directory security testing with 300+ new tests covering users, groups, computers, GPOs, DNS, trusts, and more.
Maester Team5 min read
Multi-Tenant Reports are here!
Monitor multiple Microsoft 365 tenants in a single Maester report with a tenant selector
Sebastian Claesson1 min read
Introducing Maester 2.0
A major release with 400+ commits, 15+ new security tests, XSPM integration, enhanced reports, and more.
Maester Team6 min read
The end of code signing
An announcement that the Maester module code will no longer be signed.
Fabian Bader2 min read
What's New with Maester Tags
An announcement about new and improved tags that replace current ones, and a new function to get an inventory of tests per tag.
Sam Erde5 min read
New version of Maester on Azure Web App
Launch announcement of new version of Maester on Azure Web App
Brian Veldman, Merill Fernando1 min read
Introduction to Compensating Controls 🎛️
Review controls, the need for compensating controls, and how the concepts apply to Maester
Mike Soule5 min read
Maester adds ORCA tests
Maester now includes the valuable tests from the ORCA project
Mike Soule, Thomas S. Schmidt6 min read
Maester results on Azure Web App!
Maester deployed to a Azure WebApp using Azure DevOps
Sebastian Claesson1 min read
Maester Terraform Module
Launch announcement of the Maester Terraform Module
Brian Veldman, Merill Fernando1 min read
Maester Presentation Slide Decks
Interested in presenting Maester at a conference or at your organization? Here are the slide decks to get you started!
Merill Fernando1 min read
AMA with Maester Team
Join us on Discord for an AMA with the Maester team.
Fabian Bader, Thomas Naunheim, Mike Soule, Merill Fernando1 min read
Maester alerts → Microsoft Teams
Find out how you can send your Maester daily results to a Teams channel
Merill Fernando1 min read
