The answer is to use both Security Baselines for Windows 10 and Endpoint security policies. Security Baselines deliver a pre-hardened set of Microsoft-recommended settings for BitLocker, Defender Firewall, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ensuring a consistent security posture across your fleet. Endpoint security policies then allow you to layer on granular, custom configurations for antivirus, firewall rules, and disk encryption that go beyond the baseline’s defaults. On the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect exam, this question tests your ability to distinguish between policy types: Security Baselines are your rapid, comprehensive starting point, while Endpoint security policies provide the fine-tuning for specific controls. A common trap is confusing Compliance policies (which only check and enforce settings) with Configuration profiles (which can apply settings but lack the integrated security focus). Remember the memory tip: “Baseline for the broad strokes, Endpoint for the fine strokes.”
SC-100 Design security solutions for infrastructure Practice Question
This SC-100 practice question tests your understanding of design security solutions for infrastructure. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
Your company uses Microsoft Intune to manage Windows 10 devices. You need to design a security baseline that ensures devices meet the organization's security requirements, including BitLocker encryption, Windows Defender Firewall rules, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint settings. Which TWO Intune features should you use to apply these configurations?
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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Endpoint security policies for Antivirus, Firewall, and Disk Encryption
Option A (Security Baselines) provides pre-configured settings for security features. Option D (Endpoint security policies) allows granular configuration for antivirus, firewall, and BitLocker. Option B (Compliance policies) enforce but not configure; Option C (Configuration profiles) can do settings but not as comprehensive; Option E (Device enrollment restrictions) are for enrollment control.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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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Device enrollment restrictions
Why it's wrong here
Enrollment restrictions control which devices can enroll, not configuration.
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Endpoint security policies for Antivirus, Firewall, and Disk Encryption
Why this is correct
Endpoint security policies provide dedicated sections for configuring Defender, firewall, and BitLocker.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Compliance policies for Windows 10
Why it's wrong here
Compliance policies evaluate device state but do not apply configurations.
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Custom configuration profiles using OMA-URI
Why it's wrong here
Custom profiles can be used but are less efficient than baselines for standard settings.
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Security Baselines for Windows 10
Why this is correct
Security Baselines include recommended settings for BitLocker, firewall, and Defender for Endpoint.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
Many certification questions include familiar terms but test a specific constraint. Read the exact wording before choosing an answer that is generally true but wrong for this case.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
Use explanations to understand the rule behind the answer.
TExam Day Tips
→Underline the problem statement mentally.
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A healthcare organisation deploys an application with a public-facing web tier and a private database tier. The database subnet has no public IP and only accepts connections from the web tier's security group. Questions like this test whether you can design cloud network isolation using VNets/VPCs, subnets, and security group rules.
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Design security solutions for infrastructure — This question tests Design security solutions for infrastructure — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Endpoint security policies for Antivirus, Firewall, and Disk Encryption — Option A (Security Baselines) provides pre-configured settings for security features. Option D (Endpoint security policies) allows granular configuration for antivirus, firewall, and BitLocker. Option B (Compliance policies) enforce but not configure; Option C (Configuration profiles) can do settings but not as comprehensive; Option E (Device enrollment restrictions) are for enrollment control.
What should I do if I get this SC-100 question wrong?
Identify which SC-100 exam domain this question belongs to, then review the specific concept being tested. Practise related questions in that domain and focus on understanding why each wrong answer is tempting — not just why the correct answer is right.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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