MS-102 Manage compliance by using Microsoft Purview Practice Question
Your organization receives a data subject request (DSR) to export personal data of a user. Which Microsoft Purview solution should you use to search for and export the data?
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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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery allows you to search for content across Microsoft 365 and export it, which is necessary to fulfill a data subject request (DSR) to export personal data. Option A is incorrect because retention policies are used to retain data for a specified period, not to export it. Option B is incorrect because audit logs track activities but do not provide content search or export capabilities. Option D is incorrect because Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is designed to prevent data leaks, not to export data.
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 Purview retention policies
Why it's wrong here
Retention policies only keep or delete content on a schedule; they neither search for a data subject's personal data nor export it. They are tempting because they govern data lifecycle across Exchange, SharePoint and OneDrive, but a DSR needs eDiscovery search and export, not retention.
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Microsoft Purview Audit
Why it's wrong here
Purview Audit records user and admin activity for investigation, but it returns activity events rather than the underlying personal data content, so it cannot produce a DSR export. Audit is tempting because it searches across workloads, yet the correct solution is eDiscovery, which locates and exports the actual items.
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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Why this is correct
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery supports searching across Microsoft 365 content and exporting results, matching the requirement to locate and export a user's personal data for a DSR. It provides the case-based search, hold and export capabilities that DSR fulfilment demands.
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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Why it's wrong here
Data Loss Prevention detects and blocks sensitive content in motion across endpoints, Exchange, SharePoint and Teams; it cannot search a user's mailbox and OneDrive for personal data and export the results. DLP is tempting because it also identifies personal data, but that identification triggers policy tips, not a DSR export.
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