MS-102 Manage compliance by using Microsoft Purview Practice Question
Your organization uses Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager. You need to assign a control to a specific user for implementation. What should you do?
⚠ Common exam trap
MS-102 often tests the confusion between assigning a role (which grants permissions) and assigning a control owner (which assigns accountability) — candidates incorrectly pick the role option thinking it delegates the control.
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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Edit the control and assign a new owner.
In Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, each control within an assessment has an 'Assigned to' field that designates the individual responsible for implementing and documenting that control. Editing the control and assigning a new owner is the correct way to delegate accountability for a specific control to a user. This assignment is purely for tracking and workflow purposes and does not grant any permissions to the user.
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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Assign the user the Compliance Manager role.
Why it's wrong here
The Compliance Manager role grants permissions to create and manage assessments, not ownership of an individual control's implementation. Role assignment is correct when delegating administrative access to the Compliance Manager solution itself; assigning a control to a person for implementation is done through that control's implementation owner setting.
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Edit the control and assign a new owner.
Why this is correct
Editing the control lets you set a new owner, which is exactly how Compliance Manager delegates implementation responsibility. Ownership assignment sits on the control itself, not on assessments or improvement actions, so reassigning the owner directly satisfies the requirement to make one named user accountable for that control.
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Create a DLP policy to enforce the control.
Why it's wrong here
A DLP policy inspects and blocks sensitive content flows; it cannot assign implementation ownership of a Compliance Manager control. The tempting overlap is that both live in Microsoft Purview, but DLP addresses data-handling requirements, whereas assigning a control to a named user requires setting its implementation owner within the assessment.
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Modify the assessment to include the user.
Why it's wrong here
Adding a user to an assessment grants them visibility of that assessment's controls; it does not designate them as the implementer of one specific control. Assessment membership is for scoping which regulations and workloads are evaluated, so it would be right when onboarding a colleague to review a whole assessment, not for assigning single-control ownership.
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Key term
Compliance Manager
A Compliance Manager is a tool or service that helps organizations assess, monitor, and improve their adherence to regulatory standards, industry frameworks, and internal policies.
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Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Purview is a unified data governance and compliance service that helps organizations discover, manage, and protect their data across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
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