MS-900 Practice Test 32 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Match each Microsoft 365 deployment model to its description.

Question 2

Match each Microsoft 365 support channel to its description.

Question 3

A small business with 10 users needs the fully installed desktop versions of Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), business-class email, and 1 TB of cloud storage per user. They do not require advanced security or compliance features. Which Microsoft 365 plan is the most cost-effective choice?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft 365 Business Standard. Microsoft 365 Business Standard is the most cost-effective plan for this small business because it includes the fully installed desktop versions of Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), business-class email (Exchange Online), and 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage per user. It meets all stated requirements without the higher cost of E3 or the lack of desktop apps in Business Basic or Office 365 E1.

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Microsoft 365 Business Basic

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Microsoft 365 E3

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Office 365 E1

Question 4

A growing company with 120 users currently holds Microsoft 365 Business Basic licenses. They need to add endpoint management (Microsoft Intune) and advanced threat protection (Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1). They also want to keep their existing Business Basic subscriptions. What is the most cost-effective way to add these capabilities?

Accepted Answer

Purchase add-on subscriptions for Microsoft Intune Plan 1 and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1. Option C is correct because Microsoft 365 Business Basic supports add-on subscriptions for Microsoft Intune Plan 1 and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1, allowing the company to retain their existing licenses while adding endpoint management and advanced threat protection. This is the most cost-effective approach as it avoids the higher per-user cost of upgrading to Business Premium or switching to E3, which would include unnecessary features like desktop Office apps.

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Upgrade all users to Microsoft 365 Business Premium

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Add Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses as a standalone for all users

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Switch to Microsoft 365 E3 and drop Business Basic

Question 5

A company with 100 users has Microsoft 365 Business Basic licenses. They want to add Phone System and Audio Conferencing for all users to enable PSTN calling and dial-in capabilities. They wish to minimize additional costs. What is the most cost-effective licensing approach?

Accepted Answer

Add the Microsoft 365 Business Voice add-on for each user.. Option B is correct because Microsoft 365 Business Voice is a cost-effective add-on specifically designed for Business Basic, Standard, or Premium subscribers to add Phone System and Audio Conferencing capabilities. It bundles both PSTN calling and dial-in features into a single license, avoiding the higher cost of upgrading to E3 or purchasing separate add-ons.

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Upgrade all users to Microsoft 365 E3 and add Phone System and Audio Conferencing.

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Purchase Phone System and Audio Conferencing as standalone add-ons separately.

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Add the Microsoft Teams Phone Standard add-on.

Question 6

A non-profit organization with 150 employees needs business-grade email, online and desktop versions of Office apps, 1 TB cloud storage per user, and the ability to manage user permissions on mobile devices. They are eligible for non-profit licensing. Which plan should they choose to meet all requirements most cost-effectively?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft 365 Business Premium (Nonprofit). Microsoft 365 Business Premium (Nonprofit) is the correct choice because it includes business-grade email (Exchange Online), desktop and online Office apps, 1 TB OneDrive storage per user, and Microsoft Intune for mobile device management (MDM) to manage user permissions on mobile devices. This plan provides all required capabilities at the lowest cost among options that include desktop apps and MDM, leveraging the nonprofit discount.

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Microsoft 365 Business Basic (Nonprofit)

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Microsoft 365 Business Standard (Nonprofit)

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Microsoft 365 E3 (Nonprofit)

Question 7

A service owner is comparing Microsoft 365 capabilities and needs to understand which security tasks Microsoft handles and which remain with the customer. Cloud concept or benefit best matches this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Shared responsibility model. The shared responsibility model defines which security tasks are handled by Microsoft (e.g., physical security, hypervisor patching) and which remain with the customer (e.g., user access management, data classification). This directly matches the service owner's need to understand the division of security responsibilities in Microsoft 365.

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Microsoft Planner

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

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Sensitivity labels

Question 8

A company with 200 users has Microsoft 365 Business Standard licenses. They need to add Microsoft 365 Defender for Office 365 (Plan 2) for increased protection against advanced threats. What should they purchase?

Accepted Answer

Purchase the Microsoft 365 Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 add-on. Microsoft 365 Business Standard licenses include basic email security but lack advanced threat protection features like automated investigation, threat hunting, and simulation training. Purchasing the Microsoft 365 Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 add-on directly adds these capabilities to existing Business Standard users without requiring a license upgrade, making it the most cost-effective and targeted solution.

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Upgrade each user to Microsoft 365 Business Premium

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Purchase Microsoft 365 E3 licenses

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Install the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint standalone subscription

Question 9

A compliance-aware administrator is selecting the right Microsoft 365 capability to delete content automatically after a defined retention period. Microsoft security, identity, or compliance capability should it use?

Accepted Answer

Retention policy or retention label. Retention policies and retention labels are the Microsoft 365 compliance capabilities designed to automatically delete content after a defined retention period. They enforce data lifecycle management by applying rules to content in Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Microsoft Forms, Planner, and Stream are productivity or collaboration tools, not compliance capabilities for automated deletion.

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Microsoft Forms

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Microsoft Planner

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Microsoft Stream

Question 10

During requirements gathering, an IT manager says the organization must discover where sensitive information is stored across Microsoft 365. Microsoft security, identity, or compliance capability should it use?

Accepted Answer

Data classification / Content explorer. Data classification and Content explorer in Microsoft 365 Purview allow organizations to discover, classify, and monitor sensitive information across Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. This capability uses trainable classifiers and sensitive information types to identify data like credit card numbers or PII, providing a unified view in Content explorer for compliance administrators. It directly meets the requirement to discover where sensitive information is stored.

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Microsoft Planner

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Microsoft Stream

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Microsoft Forms

Question 11

A company wants to ensure that their cloud resources can automatically increase during peak traffic and decrease during low usage. They also want to be billed only for the resources they consume. Which two cloud characteristics are described? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Elasticity and Measured service. Elasticity refers to the ability of cloud resources to automatically scale out (increase capacity) during peak traffic and scale in (decrease capacity) during low usage, matching demand in real time. Measured service means that cloud resource usage is metered, and customers are billed only for the resources they actually consume, typically on a pay-per-use basis. These two characteristics directly address the company's requirements for automatic scaling and consumption-based billing.

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High availability and Disaster recovery

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Agility and Resource pooling

Question 12

A company plans to migrate its on-premises workloads to the cloud. They will use Virtual Machines (VMs) for their legacy applications and a serverless computing service for new microservices. The cloud provider will manage the physical hardware, but the company is responsible for patching the operating system of the VMs. Which two cloud service models are being used?

Accepted Answer

IaaS and PaaS. The company uses Virtual Machines (VMs) for legacy applications, where it manages the OS patching while the cloud provider handles the physical hardware — this is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). For new microservices, it uses a serverless computing service, which is a form of Platform as a Service (PaaS) where the provider manages the runtime and scaling, and the company only deploys code. Therefore, the two models are IaaS and PaaS, making option A correct.

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IaaS and SaaS

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PaaS and SaaS

Question 13

Your organization is a non-profit with 1000 users. You want to minimize costs while providing email, file storage, and Microsoft Teams. Which licensing strategy should you use?

Accepted Answer

Apply for Microsoft 365 Nonprofit Business Basic. The correct answer is D: Apply for Microsoft 365 Nonprofit Business Basic. Nonprofits can get discounted or donated plans. Microsoft 365 Business Basic includes Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. Option A (E3) is too expensive. Option B (Business Premium) includes more features than needed. Option C (E5) is overkill. Option D is the most cost-effective.

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Purchase Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses

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Purchase Microsoft 365 E5 licenses

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Purchase Microsoft 365 E3 licenses at full price

Question 14

A user reports that they cannot access Microsoft 365 services. You check the Microsoft 365 admin center and see that their license is expired. What is the most likely result of an expired license?

Accepted Answer

The user loses access to Microsoft 365 services after a grace period. When a Microsoft 365 license expires, Microsoft does not immediately revoke access. Instead, the user enters a grace period (typically 30 days) during which they retain access but may see warnings. After the grace period ends, the user loses access to Microsoft 365 services, and their data is preserved for a further period (usually 90 days) before being deleted. This aligns with Microsoft's licensing and data retention policies.

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Microsoft automatically purchases a new license

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The user's data is immediately deleted

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The user's account is automatically deleted

Question 15

Your organization is deploying Microsoft 365 for a subsidiary with 1,000 users. The subsidiary needs to be billed separately. Which licensing model should you use?

Accepted Answer

Create separate subscriptions in the same tenant with different billing profiles. Option D is correct because separate subscriptions allow separate billing. Option A is incorrect because a single tenant with multiple subscriptions still shares billing. Option B is incorrect because volume licensing typically aggregates billing. Option C is incorrect because a separate tenant is not required for separate billing.

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Create a separate Microsoft 365 tenant for the subsidiary

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Use a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement for the entire organization

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Create a single Microsoft 365 tenant with multiple subscriptions