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A company uses Azure AD Identity Protection and Conditional Access. A user is detected with a 'High' user risk level due to suspicious activity. The security team wants to automatically block sign-ins for this user, but only when the sign-in originates from a location that is not in the company's list of trusted IPs. They have created a Conditional Access policy targeting all users. Which configuration should they add to the policy to achieve this?
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A
Distractor review
Add a condition for 'User risk' set to 'High', and a condition for 'Sign-in risk' set to 'High', then grant 'Block access'.
Sign-in risk is different from user risk. The requirement specifies user risk, and using sign-in risk would not correctly target the high user risk condition.
B
Best answer
Add a condition for 'User risk' set to 'High' and exclude 'All trusted locations' under the 'Locations' condition, then grant 'Block access'.
This configuration correctly combines the user risk condition with a location exclusion for trusted IPs, so the block only applies when both conditions are met.
C
Distractor review
Add a condition for 'User risk' set to 'High', and under 'Grant', select 'Require multi-factor authentication' and 'Block access'.
Grant controls are not conditional on location. This would block all high user risk sign-ins regardless of location, which is not the requirement.
D
Distractor review
Add a condition for 'Locations' set to 'Any location' and under 'Grant', select 'Block access' for all users.
This would block all sign-ins from any location, ignoring the user risk condition entirely.
Common exam trap
Common exam trap: NAT rules depend on direction and matching traffic
NAT is not only about the public address. The inside/outside interface roles and the ACL or rule that matches traffic are just as important.
Technical deep dive
How to think about this question
NAT questions usually test address translation, overload/PAT behaviour, static mappings and whether the right traffic is being translated. Read the interface direction and address terms carefully.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
- PAT allows many inside hosts to share one public address using ports.
- Inside local and inside global describe the private and translated addresses.
- NAT ACLs identify traffic for translation, not always security filtering.
TExam Day Tips
- Identify inside and outside interfaces first.
- Check whether the scenario needs static NAT, dynamic NAT or PAT.
- Do not confuse NAT matching ACLs with normal packet-filtering intent.
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What does this AZ-500 question test?
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Add a condition for 'User risk' set to 'High' and exclude 'All trusted locations' under the 'Locations' condition, then grant 'Block access'. — To block sign-ins only when the user risk is high AND the location is not trusted, you need to configure conditions for both 'User risk' and 'Locations'. In the Conditional Access policy, set the 'User risk' condition to 'High' under 'Assignments' > 'Conditions' > 'User risk'. For 'Locations', configure it to 'Include' all locations and then 'Exclude' the 'All trusted locations' selection. Then, under 'Access controls' > 'Grant', choose 'Block access'. This ensures the block applies only when the user risk is high and the sign-in location is not in the trusted IP list.
What should I do if I get this AZ-500 question wrong?
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