AZ-305 Practice Question: Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions
This AZ-305 practice question tests your understanding of design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. A key principle to apply: entitlement Management creates access packages to bundle resources and policies.. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company uses Microsoft Entra ID (Microsoft Entra ID). They need to automate the process of granting users access to a specific application only during business hours and revoking it automatically. The access should be based on a request-approval workflow. Which Microsoft Entra ID feature should they use?
Why wrong: PIM is designed for managing, controlling, and monitoring access to privileged roles, not for automating access to standard applications.
B
Conditional Access
Why wrong: Conditional Access enforces policies based on conditions (e.g., location, device) but does not automate the provisioning or deprovisioning of access.
C
Access Reviews
Why wrong: Access Reviews allow administrators to periodically review and confirm access, but they do not automate the initial granting or automatic revocation of access.
D
Entitlement Management
Entitlement Management enables creation of access packages with policies for time-limited access, approval workflows, and automatic revocation, meeting all requirements.
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Entitlement Management
Entitlement Management (D) is correct because it provides automated access lifecycle management through access packages, which can include time-bound assignments (e.g., business hours) and require approval workflows. This allows you to define policies that grant access to the application only during specified hours and automatically revoke it when the policy expires or conditions change, without manual intervention.
Key principle: Entitlement Management creates access packages to bundle resources and policies.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
Why it's wrong here
PIM is designed for managing, controlling, and monitoring access to privileged roles, not for automating access to standard applications.
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Conditional Access
Why it's wrong here
Conditional Access enforces policies based on conditions (e.g., location, device) but does not automate the provisioning or deprovisioning of access.
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Access Reviews
Why it's wrong here
Access Reviews allow administrators to periodically review and confirm access, but they do not automate the initial granting or automatic revocation of access.
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Entitlement Management
Why this is correct
Entitlement Management enables creation of access packages with policies for time-limited access, approval workflows, and automatic revocation, meeting all requirements.
Related concept
Entitlement Management creates access packages to bundle resources and policies.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is confusing Conditional Access (which controls access at authentication time) with Entitlement Management (which provisions and deprovisions access over time), leading candidates to pick B because they focus on the 'business hours' condition rather than the automated lifecycle workflow.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Entitlement Management uses access packages that bundle roles, groups, and apps, and supports policies with time-bound assignments (e.g., 'grant access from 9 AM to 5 PM for 30 days'). Under the hood, it leverages Microsoft Entra ID provisioning service to create and remove group memberships or app role assignments, and integrates with Microsoft Graph to enforce expiration and automatic revocation via scheduled background jobs. A real-world scenario is granting contractors access to a CRM app only during their shift, with a manager approval and auto-revocation at shift end.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Entitlement Management creates access packages to bundle resources and policies.
Access packages support request-approval workflows for user access.
Policies can define time-limited access with automatic revocation.
It is part of Microsoft Entra ID Governance for managing identity and access lifecycles.
TExam Day Tips
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Entitlement Management creates access packages to bundle resources and policies.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
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Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions — This question tests Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions — Entitlement Management creates access packages to bundle resources and policies..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Entitlement Management — Entitlement Management (D) is correct because it provides automated access lifecycle management through access packages, which can include time-bound assignments (e.g., business hours) and require approval workflows. This allows you to define policies that grant access to the application only during specified hours and automatically revoke it when the policy expires or conditions change, without manual intervention.
What should I do if I get this AZ-305 question wrong?
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What is the key concept behind this question?
Entitlement Management creates access packages to bundle resources and policies.
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