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Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection
Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection detects risk events like leaked credentials and anonymous IP addresses. It can be configured to automatically require password reset for high-risk users.
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Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management
Why wrong: Privileged Identity Management provides just-in-time access for administrative roles, not risk detection and remediation.
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Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access
Why wrong: Conditional Access enforces policies based on conditions, but it does not detect risks or trigger password resets on its own; it can use risk signals from Identity Protection.
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Microsoft Entra ID Access Reviews
Why wrong: Access Reviews are used to review and certify user access, not to detect identity risks.
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. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. A key principle to apply: detects identity risks like leaked credentials and anonymous IP sign-ins.. 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 want to automatically detect identity risks, such as users with leaked credentials or sign-ins from anonymous IP addresses, and generate alerts. They also want to automatically trigger a password reset for high-risk users. Which Microsoft Entra ID feature should they configure?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection
Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection is the correct feature because it is specifically designed to automatically detect identity risks such as leaked credentials and sign-ins from anonymous IP addresses. It generates alerts based on risk detections and can be configured to automatically trigger remediation actions like forcing a password reset for high-risk users through risk-based policies.
Key principle: Detects identity risks like leaked credentials and anonymous IP sign-ins.
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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Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection
Why this is correct
Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection detects risk events like leaked credentials and anonymous IP addresses. It can be configured to automatically require password reset for high-risk users.
Related concept
Detects identity risks like leaked credentials and anonymous IP sign-ins.
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Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management
Why it's wrong here
Privileged Identity Management provides just-in-time access for administrative roles, not risk detection and remediation.
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Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access
Why it's wrong here
Conditional Access enforces policies based on conditions, but it does not detect risks or trigger password resets on its own; it can use risk signals from Identity Protection.
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Microsoft Entra ID Access Reviews
Why it's wrong here
Access Reviews are used to review and certify user access, not to detect identity risks.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse Conditional Access with Identity Protection, but Conditional Access is a policy engine that enforces controls based on risk signals, whereas Identity Protection is the service that generates those risk signals and can directly trigger password resets.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Identity Protection uses machine learning models and heuristics to calculate user and sign-in risk levels (low, medium, high) based on signals like leaked credentials from dark web monitoring and anonymous IP addresses via Tor exit nodes. When a user is flagged as high risk, a risk-based policy can be configured to require a password change using the self-service password reset (SSPR) integration, which triggers the Azure AD Password Reset API to enforce a secure password update.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Detects identity risks like leaked credentials and anonymous IP sign-ins.
- Generates alerts for detected risk events.
- Can automatically trigger remediation actions, including password resets.
- Leverages Microsoft's threat intelligence and machine learning.
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
Detects identity risks like leaked credentials and anonymous IP sign-ins.
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 — Detects identity risks like leaked credentials and anonymous IP sign-ins..
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The correct answer is: Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection — Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection is the correct feature because it is specifically designed to automatically detect identity risks such as leaked credentials and sign-ins from anonymous IP addresses. It generates alerts based on risk detections and can be configured to automatically trigger remediation actions like forcing a password reset for high-risk users through risk-based policies.
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Review detects identity risks like leaked credentials and anonymous IP sign-ins., then practise related AZ-305 questions on the same topic to reinforce the concept.
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Detects identity risks like leaked credentials and anonymous IP sign-ins.
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