MS-900 Describe Microsoft 365 apps and services Practice Question
An organization uses Microsoft Viva Learning to provide training content. They want to ensure that only employees in the Sales department see sales-specific courses. Which feature should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse SharePoint permissions (Option A) with Viva Learning's group-based targeting, not realizing that Viva Learning controls visibility through learning path assignments rather than underlying site permissions.
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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Create learning paths and assign them to the Sales department group in Viva Learning.
Viva Learning allows administrators to create learning paths and assign them to specific Microsoft 365 groups, such as the Sales department group. This ensures that only members of that group see the assigned sales-specific courses, providing targeted content delivery without affecting other users' views.
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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Set permissions on the SharePoint site hosting the courses.
Why it's wrong here
Setting permissions on the SharePoint site that hosts the courses controls who can access the underlying files, but it does not assign training to a specific department or track mandatory completion. Viva Learning relies on learning paths tied to Microsoft Entra ID groups for targeted assignment; SharePoint permissions only govern content-level access and are not a delivery or reporting mechanism for assignments.
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Configure Viva Connections dashboard to show only Sales courses.
Why it's wrong here
Viva Connections is a personalized employee experience gateway that surfaces dashboards, news, and resources; filtering its dashboard to show only Sales courses would change what users see in the home experience, but it would not create a mandatory learning assignment. Assignment and completion tracking for targeted training are handled inside Viva Learning through learning paths, not by customizing the Viva Connections dashboard.
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Create learning paths and assign them to the Sales department group in Viva Learning.
Why this is correct
Viva Learning administrators create learning paths that include the relevant courses and then assign those paths directly to the Sales department group, which is a Microsoft Entra ID security or distribution group. The assignment enforces enrollment for all members of the group, tracks progress and completion, and provides reporting for administrators, directly satisfying the requirement to deliver targeted training to the Sales department.
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Use Viva Topics to tag courses and let users discover them.
Why it's wrong here
Viva Topics uses AI to identify knowledge topics and present them contextually across Microsoft 365, so tagging courses would make them more discoverable but would not assign them to a specific group or produce completion records. It is a knowledge management and discovery feature, not an assignment engine, and therefore cannot replace the targeted, tracked delivery that Viva Learning learning paths provide.
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Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based cloud service from Microsoft that combines productivity tools like Office apps with security, device management, and online storage.
Key term
Group
A group is a collection of users, devices, or other objects that are assigned permissions and policies together for simplified management in identity and governance systems like Microsoft Entra ID.
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