MS-102 Implement and manage Microsoft Entra identity and access — 10 Questions

Question 1

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID for identity management. The security team wants to ensure that users cannot register applications in the tenant to prevent potential data leakage. Which setting should be configured?

Accepted Answer

Set 'Users can register applications' to 'No' in User settings. Option C is correct because setting 'Users can register applications' to 'No' in the Microsoft Entra ID User settings explicitly prevents non-admin users from creating application registrations in the tenant. This directly addresses the security team's goal of blocking users from registering apps, which could otherwise expose tenant data through misconfigured or malicious applications.

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Set the 'Admin consent requests' setting to 'Allow'

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Enable the 'Admin consent workflow'

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Set 'Users can consent to apps accessing company data' to 'No'

Question 2

Your organization is migrating from on-premises Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID. You need to ensure that users can use their existing on-premises passwords to log in to cloud services, while maintaining password policy enforcement on-premises. Which feature should you implement?

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Password Hash Synchronization (PHS). Password Hash Synchronization (PHS) synchronizes the hash of on-premises Active Directory user passwords to Microsoft Entra ID, enabling users to log in to cloud services with the same password. It enforces password policies on-premises because the on-premises domain controller remains the authoritative source for password complexity, expiration, and lockout rules. PHS does not require additional infrastructure beyond Azure AD Connect and works even if the on-premises network is temporarily unavailable.

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Pass-through Authentication with Seamless SSO

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Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)

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Install Azure AD Connect with default settings

Question 3

A multinational company uses Microsoft Entra ID with Conditional Access policies. They have a policy that requires multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users when accessing the company's custom SaaS application. However, users from the European branch are reporting that they are prompted for MFA every time, even though they have already authenticated via a compliant device. What is the most likely cause?

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The Conditional Access policy has a session control that requires sign-in frequency. Option C is correct because the Conditional Access policy includes a session control that requires sign-in frequency, which forces users to re-authenticate with MFA at a specified interval regardless of device compliance or previous authentication. Even if the device is compliant and the user has already authenticated, the sign-in frequency control overrides session persistence and prompts for MFA again based on the configured time period (e.g., every hour). This explains why European branch users are repeatedly prompted for MFA despite having authenticated via a compliant device.

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The user's device is not marked as compliant

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The user has per-user MFA enabled

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The policy includes a location condition that is not met

Question 4

You are configuring Microsoft Entra ID Protection. You want to automatically respond to a specific risk level by requiring the user to change their password. Which risk policy should you configure?

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User risk policy. Option C is correct because the user risk policy can be configured to require a password change when user risk is elevated. Sign-in risk policy typically triggers MFA or block. Options A and D are not standard risk policies.

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MFA registration policy

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Sign-in risk policy

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Session risk policy

Question 5

An organization is implementing Microsoft Entra Verified ID for verifiable credentials. They want to issue credentials to employees that can be used to prove employment status to third parties. Which component must be created first?

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A credential manifest in the Microsoft Entra admin center. The credential manifest defines the rules for issuing a verifiable credential, including the claims schema, display information, and issuance policies. In Microsoft Entra Verified ID, you must create the credential manifest in the Entra admin center before any credentials can be issued, as it serves as the template that governs the credential's structure and validation. Without a manifest, there is no definition for what the credential contains or how it should be presented.

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A presentation request policy

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A distributed ledger network

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A decentralized identifier (DID) for the organization

Question 6

Your company uses Microsoft Entra ID and has a hybrid identity with PHS. You need to ensure that when an on-premises user account is disabled, the corresponding cloud user is also blocked from signing in within 5 minutes. What should you configure?

Accepted Answer

Deploy Azure AD Connect cloud sync. Option B is correct because Azure AD Connect can be configured for password writeback and also syncs account control flags. However, the specific feature to block sign-in quickly is not password writeback. Actually, the correct approach is to use Azure AD Connect's 'Exchange hybrid deployment' or 'UserPrincipalName update'? Wait, the correct answer is to use 'Azure AD Connect Sync' with 'userAccountControl' attribute sync. But among the options, Option B (Enable password writeback) does not block sign-in. Option A (Configure Azure AD Connect to sync the 'userAccountControl' attribute) is correct because the 'userAccountControl' attribute includes the 'ACCOUNTDISABLE' flag, and syncing it will disable the cloud account. However, the sync cycle runs every 30 minutes by default. To achieve 5 minutes, you need to use 'Azure AD Connect cloud sync' or 'Microsoft Identity Manager'. Since the question says 'configure', the closest is to enable the 'Password writeback'? No. Let me re-evaluate: The correct answer is to use 'Azure AD Connect' with 'Exchange hybrid' to sync 'msExchUserAccountControl'? Actually, the standard way is to sync 'userAccountControl' and set the sync interval to 5 minutes. But that's not an option. Option C (Deploy Azure AD Connect cloud sync) is the best because cloud sync can sync changes more frequently than 30 minutes. Option B (Enable password writeback) is for password changes, not account disable. Option D (Configure Microsoft Entra Connect Sync to use filtered synchronization) does not help. So Option C is correct.

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Enable password writeback

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Configure Azure AD Connect to sync the 'userAccountControl' attribute

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Configure Microsoft Entra Connect Sync to use filtered synchronization

Question 7

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID and has enabled self-service password reset (SSPR). Users are required to register for SSPR. Management wants to ensure that users from the HR department, who handle sensitive data, must use two methods for authentication during SSPR, while other users can use one method. What is the best way to achieve this?

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This is not possible because SSPR authentication method requirements are tenant-wide. SSPR authentication method requirements in Microsoft Entra ID are configured at the tenant level, not per user or group. This means you cannot specify that one group of users must use two methods while others use one; the number of methods required applies uniformly to all users enabled for SSPR. Therefore, option D is correct because the requirement cannot be differentiated by department or group.

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Create a separate SSPR policy for the HR department using PowerShell

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Use Microsoft Entra ID Governance to create an access package that requires two methods

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Assign the HR users to a group and configure the SSPR policy for that group in the Entra admin center

Question 8

Your organization uses Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. You want to set up a policy that automatically suspends a user if they download more than 100 files from SharePoint Online within 10 minutes. Which type of policy should you create?

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Activity policy. An Activity policy in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps monitors user activities across connected apps and can trigger automated actions, such as suspending a user, when a specific threshold of downloads from SharePoint Online is exceeded within a defined time window. This policy type is designed to detect anomalous behavior patterns like mass file downloads, making it the correct choice for this scenario.

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Session policy

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File policy

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App discovery policy

Question 9

You are configuring Microsoft Entra ID for a new organization. The CIO wants to ensure that all external users who are invited to collaborate via Microsoft Entra B2B must go through an approval process before gaining access. Which setting should you configure?

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Set 'External collaboration settings' to restrict invitations to specific admins. Option B is correct because the 'External collaboration settings' in Microsoft Entra ID allow you to restrict who can invite external users. By setting the invitation restriction to 'Only users assigned to specific admin roles can invite', you ensure that all B2B collaboration invitations must be initiated by authorized admins, effectively requiring an approval process before external users gain access.

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Create a Conditional Access policy requiring approval for external users

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Enable guest self-service sign-up via user flows

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Enable Identity Protection for guest users

Question 10

Which TWO of the following are valid authentication methods in Microsoft Entra ID that can be used as part of a Conditional Access policy? (Select two.)

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Password. The correct answers are A and C. Password can be used as authentication method in Conditional Access policies (e.g., require MFA). Certificate-based authentication is also a valid method. SMS sign-in is not a method; it's for MFA. FIDO2 security key is a method, but the question says 'used as part of a Conditional Access policy' – actually, Conditional Access can grant access based on authentication strength that includes FIDO2. But the official list of authentication methods in Conditional Access includes password, certificate, and others. Option E (Hardware OATH token) is also valid. The question says 'Select two', so the most common are A and C. However, I need to be precise: In Conditional Access, you can require 'Password' as an authentication method? Actually, you can require 'Multi-factor authentication' or 'Passwordless authentication'. But the grant controls include 'Require multi-factor authentication', not individual methods. However, the authentication strength policy can include password. Given the exam, typical correct answers are password and certificate. Let me go with A and C.

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SMS sign-in

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Hardware OATH token

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FIDO2 security key