MS-102 Manage compliance by using Microsoft Purview Practice Question
Your organization needs to automatically detect and classify documents containing passport numbers in SharePoint Online. Which Microsoft Purview feature should you use?
⚠ Common exam trap
MS-102 often tests the confusion between DLP (which takes protective actions like blocking) and auto-labeling (which classifies content with sensitivity labels); candidates frequently pick DLP when the requirement is to classify.
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
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Auto-labeling with sensitivity labels.
Auto-labeling with sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview can automatically detect sensitive content such as passport numbers using built-in or custom sensitive information types (SITs) and then apply a sensitivity label to the document. This is the only feature among the options designed to both detect and classify (label) content at scale in SharePoint Online. The label can then drive encryption, retention, and other protections.
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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eDiscovery (Premium).
Why it's wrong here
eDiscovery (Premium) preserves, collects and reviews content for litigation; it cannot scan SharePoint at rest to classify passport numbers. Its search and hold workflows are reactive, triggered by a case. The tempting fit is its content search across Microsoft 365, but classification requires a trainable classifier or sensitive information type in Microsoft Purview.
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Auto-labeling with sensitivity labels.
Why this is correct
Auto-labelling with sensitivity labels applies trainable classifiers and sensitive information types during scanning, so passport numbers are detected and classified without user input. This satisfies the requirement for automatic detection in SharePoint Online, unlike manual labelling or purely client-side classification.
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Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) policy.
Why it's wrong here
DLM policies govern retention, deletion and records for content already stored; they do not detect or classify passport numbers. It tempts because DLM also targets SharePoint content, but sensitive-information identification belongs to Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention or sensitivity labelling with auto-labelling.
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Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy.
Why it's wrong here
DLP is for protecting data, not classifying.
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Key term
Encryption
Encryption is the process of converting readable data into a secret code to prevent unauthorized access.
Key term
SharePoint Online
SharePoint Online is a cloud-based collaboration platform from Microsoft that lets teams create, store, organize, and share content securely from anywhere.
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