Senserva and Qualys: vulnerability management meets Microsoft 365 posture

Qualys is a established vulnerability and compliance platform. Senserva focuses on Microsoft 365 configuration posture with native Microsoft compliance mapping.

Qualys (VMDR, Policy Compliance) is a long-standing cloud platform for vulnerability management and broad compliance scanning across infrastructure. Senserva is complementary and Microsoft-specialized: it audits Microsoft 365 configuration posture with native MCSB and CISA SCuBA mapping, and verifies patch coverage across Microsoft's APIs.

There are many good tools for this job, and strong security teams rightly run more than one. Qualys is a capable vulnerability management and compliance platform, and this page is a fair look at where it fits and where Senserva fits. For deep Microsoft 365 security, complete patch state, all 650+ checks, identity, app, and secret exposure, and audit-ready evidence, we believe Siemserva by Senserva is the best choice most of the time. We would rather you read the comparison below and decide for yourself.

Run with Senserva

How Senserva makes it better

Senserva runs standalone for full Microsoft 365 posture across configurations, logs, and CVEs, or right alongside Qualys.

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What Qualys does wellWhere teams want more
Established cloud vulnerability management (VMDR).Infrastructure-centric; Microsoft 365 SaaS configuration is not its focus.
Broad infrastructure and policy-compliance scanning.Entra ID, Intune, and Purview posture is shallow compared to a Microsoft-native tool.
Large control library across many standards.Microsoft-specific baselines (MCSB, SCuBA) are not native.
Scales across big, mixed environments.No agentic remediation for Microsoft 365 misconfigurations.

Side by side

CapabilityQualysSenserva
Infrastructure vulnerability managementCore strengthNot a vuln scanner
M365 configuration postureLimited650+ checks
Native MCSB / CISA SCuBA mappingNoYes
Agentic M365 remediationNoYes

Comparison reflects general capabilities at time of writing and is provided for research. Vendor features change; verify current specifics with each vendor.

A complete Microsoft 365 dataset for the AI of your choice

Senserva builds a complete, structured Microsoft 365 security dataset, configuration, identity, devices, logs, CVEs, and compliance mappings, as one connected graph, and opens all of it to the AI of your choice through the Claude MCP and the Senserva SDK. Bring your own model, there is no AI markup. Point Claude, or any AI you run, at the whole dataset and it can audit, threat-hunt, explain, and remediate from your real findings, not a vendor summary.

That is the part most tools do not give you. Many have no AI at all, or a closed built-in assistant you cannot point at your own model, or they keep their findings in a dashboard you cannot query. Where a tool does expose its data to your AI, Senserva runs right alongside it and adds the rest of the Microsoft 365 picture. Either way, the data stays with you, nothing is locked in a vendor cloud.

A closer look

Cloud-based vulnerability management

Qualys is a long-established cloud security and compliance platform, best known for VMDR, Vulnerability Management, Detection, and Response. Delivered from the cloud with lightweight Cloud Agents and scanners, it continuously finds and assesses vulnerabilities across hybrid environments.

One platform, many modules

Qualys spans asset inventory, vulnerability management, policy compliance, patch management, web application scanning, and cloud security from a single agent and console. That breadth makes it a consolidation play for security and compliance teams.

Detection through remediation

VMDR closes the loop from detecting a vulnerability to prioritizing it with threat intelligence to deploying the patch, aiming to shorten the time between discovery and fix within the Qualys platform.

Where the focus differs

Qualys centers on vulnerabilities and compliance across infrastructure and endpoints. Deep Microsoft 365 configuration posture, Conditional Access, identity, and workload settings mapped to MCSB and CISA SCuBA, is an adjacent, complementary specialty.

Frequently asked

Does Senserva replace Qualys?

No. Qualys does infrastructure vulnerability and policy compliance; Senserva specializes in Microsoft 365 configuration posture and Microsoft-native compliance mapping.

Do I need to install agents or grant broad access?

No agents and no cloud service. Senserva reads your tenant through Microsoft's APIs and runs on Windows or Mac. You can explore the whole product first on the free Advanced Microsoft 365 Security Simulator, with no access to your environment at all.

Can I try Senserva before I buy?

Yes. The Advanced Microsoft 365 Security Simulator and the game let you explore a full scan, the findings, the AI, and the reports for free. Scanning your own tenant takes a free registration, which unlocks all users across all your tenants, and education institution and nonprofit discounts are available.

Does Senserva work for MSPs and multiple tenants?

Yes. It supports multi-tenant and MSP tenants, with bulk tenant security audits and unified, client-ready reporting across many customers.

How does Senserva use AI, and does it cost extra?

Senserva is built for AI from the ground up and also runs fully without it. Turn it on for AI-enhanced reports and to run the product from Claude, or the AI of your choice, via our market-leading MCP. You bring your own model, so there is no AI markup, and the rich data model keeps calls and cost low.

Patching across Intune, Windows Autopatch, Defender, Azure, and your endpoint managers: see Senserva patching in action.

Senserva
Three Free Unlimited Audits
1 scan to find, 2 to review your fixes.
Setup and running in minutes. Your data stays local, in a results database only you hold. Someone from Senserva will work with you.
Everything Siemserva by Senserva does: every missing patch ranked by real attacks, all 650+ security checks, and full reports.
All users · All settings · All patches · All tenants · Rich Claude MCP support
Includes our extensive Claude MCP: everything you need to run full audits.
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