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wroot
Nov 13, 2025Silver Contributor
What are the prerequisites to see Microsoft Secure Score?
My teammate says that even Basic or Standard M365 license provides Secure Score. Which is kind of right as you can see a basic score when opening a tenant in Lighthouse. But if you try to go to Defen...
- Dec 06, 2025
It started loading again after a few weeks. According to MS support they found an issue on the backend and it was fixed (apparently many customers reported the issue). So, Copilot was wrong (again) and Secure Score will show even if you only have Basic or Standard M365 licenses.
AladinH
Dec 24, 2025Brass Contributor
What I was referring to is that additional licenses (Business Premium, E3/E5, Defender plans) expand the scope and depth of Secure Score - more workloads, more recommendations, and more actionable controls (identity, devices, apps, email, etc.).