PL-900 Practice Question: Manage the Microsoft Power Platform environment
A global company uses Power Platform and wants to ensure that data residency requirements are met for users in different regions. What should they configure?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse data residency (where data is stored) with data protection policies (DLP) or access control (Conditional Access), leading them to select options that manage data movement or access rather than storage location.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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In the Power Platform admin center, create environments in the appropriate geographic regions (e.g., Europe, United States).
Power Platform environments are the boundary for data storage and compute. By creating environments in specific geographic regions (e.g., Europe, United States) via the Power Platform admin center, the company ensures that all data for that environment resides in the chosen region, meeting data residency requirements. This is the primary mechanism for controlling data location in Power Platform.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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In the Power Platform admin center, create environments in the appropriate geographic regions (e.g., Europe, United States).
Why this is correct
Environments are created in specific regions to ensure data stays within the required boundary.
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Create data loss prevention (DLP) policies to block data movement between regions.
Why it's wrong here
DLP policies prevent data sharing but do not enforce where data is stored.
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Configure Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies to restrict access based on geographic location.
Why it's wrong here
Conditional Access controls access, not data storage location.
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Use Microsoft Purview to tag environments with data residency labels.
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Purview can classify data but does not determine the physical location of Power Platform environments.
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