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MS-102 A company uses Microsoft Entra ID P2 licenses Practice Question
A company uses Microsoft Entra ID P2 licenses. A security administrator needs to grant a user temporary elevation to the Global Administrator role for a specific task. The elevation should require approval from a designated group and be time-limited. Which Microsoft Entra feature should be configured?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse Privileged Identity Management with Conditional Access, thinking Conditional Access can enforce time-limited role elevation, but Conditional Access only controls authentication conditions, not role activation or approval workflows.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Privileged Identity Management
Privileged Identity Management (PIM) in Microsoft Entra ID P2 provides just-in-time (JIT) privileged access with time-bound activation, approval workflows, and audit logging. This directly meets the requirement for temporary elevation to Global Administrator with approval from a designated group and a time limit.
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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Conditional Access
Why it's wrong here
Conditional Access is an external access-control engine that evaluates signals such as sign-in risk, device compliance, and location to render allow/deny decisions or require MFA, but it is not a mechanism for role elevation. While a Conditional Access policy can be triggered by a PIM activation as part of a broader session, Conditional Access itself cannot assign Entra roles, enforce time-bound activation windows, or route approval workflows for privilege elevation.
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Privileged Identity Management
Why this is correct
Privileged Identity Management (PIM) in Microsoft Entra ID P2 provides exactly this capability: it lets users activate time-boxed, just-in-time privileged roles through an approval workflow. A user who is made eligible for a role can submit an activation request, which is routed to designated approvers, and upon approval, the role is granted for a configurable duration. This matches the scenario of on-demand role elevation with approval and time constraints.
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Identity Protection
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Entra Identity Protection focuses on detecting and responding to identity-based risks by calculating risk levels for users and sign-ins and applying automated remediation policies like MFA challenge or blocking access. It treats elevated privileges as a risk factor to be protected, not as a resource to be requested, and it has no workflow to assign a role for a limited time or to obtain an approver's consent. Its purpose is risk mitigation, not permission elevation.
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Access Reviews
Why it's wrong here
Access Reviews in Microsoft Entra are a governance feature for periodic attestation of existing access: they allow reviewers to confirm or revoke a user's standing assignments to groups, applications, or roles at scheduled intervals. They do not support real-time activation requests, temporary role grants, or approval-based elevation, and they are typically used for compliance and access recertification rather than for responding to an immediate security need. Therefore Access Reviews cannot fulfill the described just-in-time role elevation requirement.
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Key term
Security
Security in IT is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and data from unauthorized access, damage, or theft.
Key term
Privileged Identity Management
Privileged Identity Management is a security system that controls, monitors, and audits access to sensitive systems by granting elevated permissions only when needed and for a limited time.
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