MS-102 Manage compliance by using Microsoft Purview Practice Question
Your organization uses Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management. You need to review the disposition of content that has reached the end of its retention period. What should you configure?
⚠ Common exam trap
MS-102 often tests the difference between retention and disposition; candidates may think that setting a retention period automatically triggers review, but disposition review must be explicitly enabled.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Enable disposition review in the retention policy or label.
Disposition review is a feature in Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management that allows you to review content before it is permanently deleted at the end of its retention period. To enable it, you must configure the retention policy or retention label to trigger a disposition review. This ensures that content is not automatically deleted without human oversight, which is often required for regulatory or legal reasons.
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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Create a DLP policy to notify administrators.
Why it's wrong here
A DLP policy notifies administrators about sensitive content flows; it does not surface items awaiting disposition approval. It is tempting because DLP also governs content, but it would be correct for preventing leakage, whereas disposition review requires a dedicated review configuration in Data Lifecycle Management.
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Place the content on an eDiscovery hold.
Why it's wrong here
An eDiscovery hold preserves content and prevents deletion, which blocks the retention process from reaching disposition rather than enabling review of it. It is tempting because holds manage content lifecycle, but they would be correct for litigation preservation, not for disposition review.
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Enable disposition review in the retention policy or label.
Why this is correct
Disposition review lets reviewers examine content at the end of its retention period before permanent deletion, satisfying the requirement to review disposition. Configuring it on the retention policy or label routes expired items to a review queue in Microsoft Purview, where reviewers approve destruction or extend retention.
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Create a retention label with a retention period.
Why it's wrong here
A retention label with a retention period alone will automatically delete content once the retention period expires, unless disposition review is enabled. To review disposition, you must configure disposition review in the retention policy or label settings.
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Key term
Retention policy
A retention policy is a set of rules that determines how long an organization keeps its data and what happens to it when the retention period expires.
Key term
Policy
A policy is a set of rules or guidelines that defines how an organization manages, secures, and operates its IT systems and services.
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