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A compliance officer needs to automatically retain emails that contain personally identifiable information (PII) for 10 years and then permanently delete them. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?

Trap 1: Data Lifecycle Management retention policy

Retention policies apply to an entire mail folder or mailbox, not selectively to emails based on content.

Trap 2: Data classification

Data classification identifies and labels content but does not enforce retention or deletion actions.

Trap 3: eDiscovery

eDiscovery is used to search and hold content for legal or investigative purposes, not for automated retention and deletion cycles.

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A
Auto-apply retention labels based on sensitive information types
Retention labels can be auto-applied to emails containing PII, triggering a 10-year retention and subsequent deletion.
B
Data Lifecycle Management retention policy
Why wrong: Retention policies apply to an entire mail folder or mailbox, not selectively to emails based on content.
C
Data classification
Why wrong: Data classification identifies and labels content but does not enforce retention or deletion actions.
D
eDiscovery
Why wrong: eDiscovery is used to search and hold content for legal or investigative purposes, not for automated retention and deletion cycles.

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A compliance officer needs to automatically retain emails that contain personally identifiable information (PII) for 10 years and then permanently delete them. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?

A compliance officer needs to prevent external users from printing or copying content from documents stored in a SharePoint Online site. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured to enforce this restriction?

A compliance officer needs to automatically classify documents in SharePoint Online that contain credit card numbers. The classification should apply a label that restricts access and adds a header. Which two Microsoft Purview features must be configured? (Choose two.)

A compliance administrator needs to ensure that all documents in a SharePoint library are retained for exactly 7 years and then allow users to manually dispose of them sooner after a review. What should they configure in Microsoft Purview?

An organization uses Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to protect sensitive data. They want to create a policy that blocks users from pasting credit card numbers into web forms in Microsoft Edge. Which type of DLP policy should they configure?

A legal department needs to preserve all communications related to an ongoing lawsuit. They identify specific users and require that their mailbox items and OneDrive files are not altered or deleted. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be used?

A compliance administrator wants to automatically apply a 'Confidential' sensitivity label to documents that contain tax identification numbers. Which two configurations are required? (Choose two.)

A compliance administrator needs to preserve all documents in a SharePoint Online site that were created before a specific date for a legal hold. The hold should prevent any modification or deletion of those documents. What should the administrator configure?

A compliance administrator needs to automatically apply a retention label to all documents in a SharePoint Online site that contain Social Security numbers. The label should retain the documents for 5 years and then automatically delete them. Which feature should they configure?

A compliance officer needs to prevent users from accidentally sharing documents containing credit card numbers with external users via email. The block should occur at the time the user attempts to send the email. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?

A legal hold is required for all emails in a user's mailbox related to a litigation case. The administrator needs to ensure that the mailbox content is preserved even if the user tries to delete emails. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be used?

A compliance officer wants to automatically apply a 'Confidential' sensitivity label to documents in SharePoint Online that contain credit card numbers. The label should be applied when the documents are created or modified. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?

A compliance officer wants to automatically apply a retention label to documents that contain SWIFT codes (financial identifiers) when uploaded to SharePoint Online. Which two Microsoft Purview features are required for this configuration? (Choose two.)

A compliance administrator needs to preserve all communications in a user's mailbox and OneDrive for an ongoing litigation. The user must continue working normally, but their data should not be altered or deleted. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be applied?

A compliance officer wants to automatically apply a 'Confidential' sensitivity label to documents in SharePoint Online that contain credit card numbers. Which two Microsoft Purview features must be configured together? (Choose two.)

A compliance officer needs to ensure that all emails containing payment card information (PCI) are automatically encrypted when sent to external recipients. The encryption should occur without user intervention. Which two features should be configured together? (Choose two.)

A compliance officer needs to ensure that all documents uploaded to SharePoint Online that contain passport numbers are automatically labeled with a 'Highly Confidential' sensitivity label. Which two Microsoft Purview features must be configured together to achieve this? (Choose two.)

A compliance officer needs to ensure that all outbound emails containing credit card numbers sent to external recipients are automatically encrypted without requiring user intervention. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?

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