MS-900 Practice Test 16 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Which THREE Microsoft 365 apps are included in Microsoft 365 Business Basic?

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Microsoft Teams. Microsoft 365 Business Basic is a cloud-only subscription that includes web and mobile versions of Office apps, not desktop clients. Microsoft Teams is included as the core collaboration hub, providing chat, video conferencing, and file sharing. SharePoint is also included for document management and intranet sites, and Word (web) is available as a browser-based word processor.

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Microsoft Excel (desktop)

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Microsoft Visio

Question 2

A project team needs to collaborate on personal work files that follow a user across devices and co-author related Office files. Which two Microsoft 365 capabilities are most relevant?

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OneDrive for Business. OneDrive for Business is designed for personal work files that follow a user across devices, providing sync capabilities and per-user storage. It also supports real-time co-authoring of Office files (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) when files are stored in OneDrive and shared with collaborators, making it the primary solution for user-centric file collaboration.

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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery case

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Exchange anti-malware policy

Question 3

During a Microsoft 365 planning workshop, view service health and create support requests without broad user management. Microsoft 365 licensing, admin, or support concept is most relevant?

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Service Support Administrator. The Service Support Administrator role in Microsoft 365 is specifically designed to allow users to view service health and create support requests without granting broader user management permissions. This role is part of the least-privilege administrative model, enabling helpdesk or support staff to monitor service incidents and open tickets via the Microsoft 365 admin center or the Microsoft 365 admin mobile app, while being restricted from modifying users, licenses, or other administrative settings.

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Microsoft Stream

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Microsoft Forms

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Microsoft Whiteboard

Question 4

A multinational corporation needs to ensure that all emails containing a customer's passport number are automatically blocked from being sent externally. Additionally, the sending user should receive a policy tip explaining the block. Which Microsoft Purview solution should be configured?

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies in Microsoft Purview are specifically designed to detect sensitive information, such as passport numbers, in emails and automatically block external transmission while displaying a policy tip to the user. This matches the requirement exactly, as DLP can inspect email content for sensitive data types and enforce actions like blocking and notifying the sender.

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Sensitivity labels

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Conditional Access policies

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eDiscovery

Question 5

A startup wants to focus only on developing and deploying its application code without managing underlying servers or operating systems. Which cloud service model best fits this need?

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Platform as a Service (PaaS). Platform as a Service (PaaS) is the correct choice because it abstracts the underlying infrastructure, including servers, operating systems, and runtime environments, allowing the startup to focus solely on developing and deploying application code. With PaaS, the cloud provider manages the OS patching, hardware scaling, and middleware, while the customer only manages the application and data. This directly matches the requirement of not managing servers or operating systems.

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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

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Software as a Service (SaaS)

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On-premises deployment

Question 6

A company deploys Microsoft 365 Business Premium. The IT team wants to enable employees to sign in using a mobile app without passwords. Which app should they configure?

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Microsoft Authenticator. Microsoft Authenticator is the correct app because it enables passwordless sign-in for Microsoft 365 Business Premium users via FIDO2-based phone sign-in or number matching. It allows employees to authenticate using biometrics or a PIN, eliminating the need for a password during sign-in.

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Microsoft Intune

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Microsoft Entra ID

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Microsoft Copilot

Question 7

A compliance officer wants to automatically encrypt outgoing emails containing credit card numbers and also prevent recipients from forwarding or copying the content. Which Microsoft Purview solution should be applied?

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Sensitivity label with encryption and rights management. Sensitivity labels with encryption and rights management (Azure Rights Management) allow you to apply persistent protection that encrypts the email and restricts actions like forwarding, copying, or printing. This meets both requirements: automatic detection of credit card numbers via auto-labeling policies and enforcement of usage restrictions through Rights Management templates (e.g., Do Not Forward).

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy with encryption

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Microsoft Information Bar

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Azure Information Protection unified labeling client

Question 8

A help desk lead is documenting the correct Microsoft 365 approach to preserve relevant mailboxes and SharePoint content during a legal case. Microsoft security, identity, or compliance capability should it use?

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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery hold. Microsoft Purview eDiscovery hold is the correct capability because it allows organizations to place legal holds on mailboxes, SharePoint sites, and other content sources to preserve data relevant to a legal case. This ensures that content cannot be altered or deleted until the hold is released, meeting compliance and eDiscovery requirements.

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Microsoft Stream

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Microsoft Forms

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Microsoft Planner

Question 9

Drag and drop the steps to reset a user's password in Microsoft 365 admin center into the correct order.

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1. Go to Users > Active users in Microsoft 365 admin center. 2. Select the user whose password needs resetting. 3. Click Reset password in the user's details pane. 4. Enter and confirm the new password, then click Reset.. The correct order to reset a user's password in Microsoft 365 admin center is to first navigate to Users > Active users, then select the user, click Reset password, and finally enter and confirm the new password. This sequence ensures the proper workflow for password management.

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1. Select the user whose password needs resetting. 2. Go to Users > Active users in Microsoft 365 admin center. 3. Click Reset password in the user's details pane. 4. Enter and confirm the new password, then click Reset.

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1. Click Reset password in the user's details pane. 2. Go to Users > Active users in Microsoft 365 admin center. 3. Select the user whose password needs resetting. 4. Enter and confirm the new password, then click Reset.

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1. Enter and confirm the new password. 2. Go to Users > Active users in Microsoft 365 admin center. 3. Select the user whose password needs resetting. 4. Click Reset password.

Question 10

A company with 200 employees needs to deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. They want to pay monthly and have no annual commitment. Which licensing program should they use?

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Microsoft 365 Business Premium. Microsoft 365 Business Premium is the correct choice because it includes Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and is available as a monthly subscription with no annual commitment for organizations with up to 300 users. This aligns with the company's requirement of 200 employees and the desire for flexible, month-to-month billing.

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Microsoft 365 Enterprise Agreement

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Microsoft 365 Business Basic

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Microsoft 365 E3

Question 11

A help desk lead is documenting the correct Microsoft 365 approach to use hosted email without managing mail servers. Cloud concept or benefit best matches this requirement?

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Software as a Service (SaaS). Microsoft 365's Exchange Online delivers hosted email as a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering. This means Microsoft manages the mail servers, software updates, and infrastructure, while the help desk lead simply configures user mailboxes and policies via the admin center. SaaS is the cloud model where the provider hosts and manages the entire application, aligning perfectly with the requirement to avoid managing mail servers.

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Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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Community cloud

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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Question 12

An HR manager needs to collect employee feedback on a new policy. They want to create a short survey that anonymizes responses and provides automatic charts summarizing the results. Which Microsoft 365 app is best suited for this task?

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Microsoft Forms. Microsoft Forms is the correct choice because it is specifically designed for creating surveys and quizzes with built-in anonymous response settings and automatic chart generation. The HR manager can enable 'Record name' to be off for anonymity, and Forms automatically visualizes results with pie charts, bar graphs, and summary data without manual setup.

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Microsoft Lists

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Microsoft Sway

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Microsoft Excel

Question 13

Your company wants to ensure that only managed and compliant devices can access Microsoft 365 resources. Which Microsoft 365 security feature enforces conditional access based on device compliance?

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Microsoft Intune with Conditional Access in Microsoft Entra ID. Microsoft Intune manages device compliance policies (e.g., requiring encryption, antivirus, or a minimum OS version), and when integrated with Conditional Access in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), it enforces access decisions based on the device's compliance status. This ensures only managed and compliant devices can access Microsoft 365 resources, blocking or granting limited access to non-compliant devices.

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Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

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Microsoft Sentinel

Question 14

A company with 500 users is currently licensed with Microsoft 365 E3. The compliance team needs to add advanced eDiscovery capabilities (including predictive coding and legal hold) and the ability to retain data for up to 7 years. What is the most cost-effective licensing addition?

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Microsoft 365 E5 Compliance add-on. The Microsoft 365 E5 Compliance add-on provides advanced eDiscovery capabilities (including predictive coding and legal hold) and the ability to retain data for up to 7 years via retention policies. This add-on is the most cost-effective way to add these specific compliance features to an existing Microsoft 365 E3 subscription, as it avoids the higher cost of upgrading the entire suite to E5.

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Microsoft 365 E5 Security add-on

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Microsoft 365 E5

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Office 365 E5

Question 15

Which THREE Microsoft 365 services are part of Microsoft Viva, the employee experience platform?

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Viva Learning. Viva Learning is correct because it is a dedicated Microsoft Viva module that provides a centralized learning hub within Microsoft Teams, allowing employees to access, share, and assign training content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn, and third-party sources. It is explicitly part of the Viva employee experience platform, not a standalone service.

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Microsoft Teams

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Microsoft Stream