SC-900 Practice Exam 69 — 20 Questions

Question 1

A company is subject to a legal hold for an ongoing investigation. The IT administrator must prevent the deletion of any documents related to this case across SharePoint Online and OneDrive, overriding any existing deletion policies. Which Microsoft Purview capability should the administrator use?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

eDiscovery (Premium). eDiscovery (Premium) is the correct choice because it provides legal hold capabilities that can preserve content in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business, overriding any deletion policies. When a legal hold is applied via eDiscovery, the system places a hold on the specified locations, preventing permanent deletion or modification of documents until the hold is released. This directly addresses the requirement to prevent deletion of case-related documents during an ongoing investigation.

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Data Lifecycle Management

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Audit (Premium)

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Communication Compliance

Question 2

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID. The IT department wants to ensure that users are prompted to change their password only when there is a high likelihood that their credentials have been compromised, rather than forcing periodic password changes. They also want to block users from using common passwords from a custom list of banned passwords. Which Microsoft Entra features should they use?

Accepted Answer

Identity Protection and Password Protection. Identity Protection uses machine learning to detect leaked credentials and risky sign-in behaviors, triggering a password change prompt only when compromise is likely, not on a fixed schedule. Password Protection enforces custom banned password lists (e.g., common passwords or company-specific terms) at the time of password change or reset, blocking weak passwords in real time.

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Conditional Access and Multi-Factor Authentication

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Privileged Identity Management and Identity Governance

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Access Reviews and Entitlement Management

Question 3

A company wants to require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users accessing a financial application, but only when they sign in from outside the corporate network. Which Microsoft Entra ID feature should be used?

Accepted Answer

Conditional Access. Conditional Access is the correct choice because it allows administrators to define policies that enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) based on specific conditions, such as network location. In this scenario, a Conditional Access policy can be configured to require MFA only when users access the financial application from outside the corporate network, using the 'Locations' condition to distinguish trusted IP ranges from external sign-ins. This granular control directly addresses the requirement without affecting internal access.

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Identity Protection

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Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

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Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR)

Question 4

A company must retain all HR documents stored in SharePoint Online for exactly 7 years. After 7 years, the documents must be automatically deleted. Additionally, employees must not be able to permanently delete these documents before the retention period ends. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they configure?

Accepted Answer

Data Lifecycle Management. Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) in Microsoft Purview is designed to retain content for a specified period and then automatically delete it. By applying a retention policy with a 7-year retention period and a deletion action at the end, DLM ensures HR documents are kept exactly as required. Additionally, DLM prevents users from permanently deleting documents during the retention period by locking the retention settings, which overrides user delete permissions.

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Records Management

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Data Loss Prevention

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Audit

Question 5

A company uses Microsoft 365 and requires that users access corporate email and SharePoint from managed devices that meet security policy requirements, such as having encryption enabled and antivirus software running. The security team wants to enforce this access control within Microsoft Entra ID so that unmanaged devices are blocked. Which Microsoft Entra ID feature should they configure?

Accepted Answer

Conditional Access. Conditional Access is the Microsoft Entra ID feature that enforces access control policies based on conditions such as device compliance, location, and user risk. By configuring a policy that requires devices to be marked as compliant (e.g., with encryption enabled and antivirus running) and blocking access from unmanaged devices, the security team can meet the stated requirement. This is the correct choice because Conditional Access directly integrates with Microsoft Intune device compliance policies to evaluate device health before granting access to corporate email and SharePoint.

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Identity Protection

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Access Reviews

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Privileged Identity Management

Question 6

A company wants to reduce help desk calls by allowing users to reset their own passwords. The security team requires that users verify their identity using a registered mobile phone or alternative email before resetting. Additionally, the company policy states that passwords cannot be reused until at least five new passwords have been used. Which Microsoft Entra ID features should they configure to meet these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) and password protection policies (password history enforcement). Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) allows users to reset their own passwords, reducing help desk calls. The security requirement for identity verification via registered mobile phone or alternative email is met by SSPR's authentication methods. The password history enforcement (preventing reuse until at least five new passwords have been used) is configured through password protection policies, specifically the 'password history' setting that enforces a minimum of 5 unique passwords before reuse.

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Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) and Conditional Access policies

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Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and password protection policies

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Identity Protection and Authentication Strengths

Question 7

A financial services firm has a strict compliance requirement to prevent insider trading. The firm must ensure that employees in the Investment Banking division cannot communicate or share documents via Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online with employees in the Equity Research division. The solution must automatically block all communication and collaboration between the two groups, and any attempts to share must be denied. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they implement?

Accepted Answer

Information Barriers. Information Barriers (A) is the correct solution because it is specifically designed to prevent communication and collaboration between defined user groups within Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and other Microsoft 365 services. It enforces policies that automatically block unauthorized communications and document sharing, which directly meets the firm's compliance requirement to segregate Investment Banking and Equity Research divisions to prevent insider trading.

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Communication Compliance

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Insider Risk Management

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Sensitivity Labels

Question 8

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID. The IT department needs to ensure that membership in the 'Global Administrator' role is regularly reviewed. Every quarter, the designated reviewers (e.g., senior managers) receive an email asking them to confirm whether each user in the role should keep their assignment. After the review deadline, any member not approved is automatically removed. Which Microsoft Entra ID feature should they configure?

Accepted Answer

Access Reviews. Access Reviews in Microsoft Entra ID are specifically designed for periodic attestation of group memberships, application access, and role assignments. The scenario describes a quarterly review where designated reviewers receive email notifications and unapproved members are automatically removed after the deadline, which is the exact workflow that Access Reviews automate. This feature ensures compliance by requiring explicit confirmation for each user in the Global Administrator role.

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Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

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Identity Protection

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Conditional Access

Question 9

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID. They want to enforce a policy that requires members of the 'Finance' group to use multi-factor authentication and sign in from a compliant device when accessing the financial reporting application. However, they want to exclude members of the 'Finance Admins' group from these requirements. Which Microsoft Entra ID feature should they configure?

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Conditional Access. Conditional Access is the correct feature because it allows administrators to define policies that enforce specific access requirements, such as multi-factor authentication and compliant device usage, based on conditions like group membership. In this scenario, the policy targets the 'Finance' group while excluding the 'Finance Admins' group, which is a core capability of Conditional Access policies in Microsoft Entra ID.

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Identity Protection

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Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

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Entitlement Management

Question 10

A financial organization needs to automatically detect emails containing the phrase 'Non-Public Material Information' and apply a retention policy that retains those emails for 7 years. They also need to train senders with a policy tip before sending, and if they still send the email, it should be encrypted and blocked from being forwarded outside the organization. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they use?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is the correct solution because it can automatically detect sensitive content (e.g., 'Non-Public Material Information') in emails, apply policy tips to train senders before sending, enforce encryption, and block forwarding outside the organization. DLP policies also integrate with retention labels to retain emails for a specified period, such as 7 years, by applying a retention label automatically when the sensitive content is detected.

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Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management

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Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance

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Microsoft Purview Audit

Question 11

A company wants to monitor internal communications for inappropriate content such as harassment or threats, and also prevent employees from accidentally sharing credit card numbers via email. Which combination of Microsoft Purview solutions should they use?

Accepted Answer

Use Communication Compliance for harassment detection and DLP for preventing sharing of credit card numbers. Communication Compliance is designed to detect and investigate inappropriate internal communications (e.g., harassment, threats) by analyzing messages against customizable policies. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is purpose-built to identify and prevent the accidental sharing of sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, by scanning content for predefined patterns (e.g., regex for credit card formats) and enforcing policy actions like blocking the email. Together, they address the two distinct requirements: Communication Compliance for behavioral monitoring and DLP for data protection.

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Use Communication Compliance for both detecting harassment and preventing credit card sharing

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Use Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for both detecting harassment and preventing credit card sharing

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Use eDiscovery for both harassment detection and data leak prevention

Question 12

A company runs a consumer-facing e-commerce website and wants to allow customers to sign in using their existing social media accounts such as Google, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Which Microsoft Entra ID solution should they implement?

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Microsoft Entra External ID (B2C). Microsoft Entra External ID (B2C) is the correct solution because it is specifically designed for consumer-facing applications, allowing customers to sign in using social identity providers (IdPs) like Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn via OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect protocols. It provides a customizable authentication experience for external users, distinct from B2B which targets organizational collaboration.

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Microsoft Entra External ID (B2B)

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Microsoft Entra Identity Protection

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Microsoft Entra Conditional Access

Question 13

A company wants to allow external customers to sign in to their custom web application using their own social identities, such as Google or Facebook. They also need to support self-service registration and custom branding for the sign-in pages. Which Microsoft Entra External ID solution should they use?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Entra ID B2C. Microsoft Entra ID B2C (Business-to-Consumer) is the correct solution because it is specifically designed for external customer identity and access management, supporting social identity providers (Google, Facebook, etc.) via OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, self-service registration, and full customization of sign-in pages (branding, HTML, CSS). This aligns exactly with the requirements for a customer-facing web application with social sign-in and custom branding.

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Microsoft Entra ID B2B collaboration

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Microsoft Entra ID guest accounts

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Managed identities

Question 14

A company has an on-premises web-based expense report application. The IT team wants to make this application accessible to remote employees over the internet without requiring a VPN. They need to use Microsoft Entra ID for authentication and apply Conditional Access policies such as requiring multi-factor authentication. Which Microsoft Entra ID feature should they implement?

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Azure AD Application Proxy. Microsoft Entra application proxy allows on-premises web applications to be published for remote access without a VPN. It integrates with Microsoft Entra ID for authentication and supports Conditional Access policies, including multi-factor authentication, by acting as a reverse proxy that forwards authenticated requests to the internal application.

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Self-service password reset (SSPR)

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Azure AD B2B collaboration

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Azure AD Domain Services

Question 15

A multinational corporation must retain all financial records for 7 years and then permanently delete them. The compliance officer wants to ensure that even a global administrator cannot modify or delete the retention policy. Which Microsoft Purview solution and configuration should they use?

Accepted Answer

Data Lifecycle Management with a preservation lock. C is correct because Data Lifecycle Management with a preservation lock allows an organization to apply a retention policy that cannot be modified, deleted, or turned off by any administrator, including a global administrator. This ensures financial records are retained for exactly 7 years and then permanently deleted, meeting the compliance officer's requirement for immutable retention.

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eDiscovery (Standard)

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Compliance Manager

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Information Protection with sensitivity labels

Question 16

A multinational corporation must comply with several regulatory frameworks, including GDPR, SOX, and HIPAA. The compliance officer wants to continuously assess the organization's compliance posture against these regulations, receive prioritized improvement actions, and track the implementation progress of those actions. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the compliance officer use?

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Compliance Manager. Compliance Manager is the correct solution because it provides a centralized dashboard for continuously assessing compliance posture against multiple regulatory frameworks (GDPR, SOX, HIPAA), generates prioritized improvement actions based on built-in assessments, and tracks implementation progress of those actions through a task-based workflow. It uses automated control mapping and continuous monitoring to help organizations meet evolving compliance requirements.

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Information Protection

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Data Lifecycle Management

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Insider Risk Management

Question 17

A company uses Microsoft 365. The compliance department requires that all financial documents be retained for 10 years and then automatically deleted, while marketing documents must be retained for 3 years and then deleted. Additionally, they want to apply a default retention policy to all SharePoint Online sites. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the company use?

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Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management. Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management (formerly Microsoft 365 Retention) is the correct solution because it allows organizations to define retention and deletion policies based on content type and location. In this scenario, the company needs to apply different retention periods (10 years for financial documents, 3 years for marketing documents) and a default retention policy for all SharePoint Online sites, which is exactly what Data Lifecycle Management's retention policies and labels provide.

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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery

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Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager

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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Question 18

A company needs to retain all customer emails for 7 years for regulatory compliance. After 7 years, they must be permanently deleted. They also need a legal hold for an ongoing investigation. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they use for the retention and deletion requirement?

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Data Lifecycle Management. Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) in Microsoft Purview is the correct solution because it allows you to define retention policies that automatically retain customer emails for a specified period (7 years) and then permanently delete them. This directly addresses the regulatory compliance requirement for retention and deletion without manual intervention.

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Records Management

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Compliance Manager

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eDiscovery

Question 19

A company wants to create a sensitivity label called 'Highly Confidential' in Microsoft 365. When applied to a document, the label should automatically encrypt the document and restrict access to employees in the finance department only. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the administrator use to configure this label?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Purview Information Protection. Microsoft Purview Information Protection is the correct solution because it provides the ability to create and configure sensitivity labels that enforce protection actions such as encryption and access restrictions. When a 'Highly Confidential' label is applied, it can automatically encrypt the document using Azure Rights Management (Azure RMS) and restrict access to only members of the finance department via a defined permission policy.

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Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management

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Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager

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Microsoft Purview Audit

Question 20

A company has a hybrid identity environment with Active Directory synchronizing to Microsoft Entra ID. They want users to be able to reset their own on-premises passwords via the cloud SSPR portal. What is the minimum license required for this capability?

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Microsoft Entra ID P1. Microsoft Entra ID P1 is the minimum license required for password writeback, which enables users to reset their on-premises Active Directory passwords via the cloud SSPR portal. This feature requires Microsoft Entra ID P1 or higher because it involves synchronizing password changes back to on-premises AD using Microsoft Entra Connect.

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Microsoft Entra ID Free

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Microsoft Entra ID P2

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Microsoft 365 Business Basic