This SC-100 practice question tests your understanding of design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities. 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 organization is deploying Microsoft Copilot for Security and wants to ensure that the AI model does not expose sensitive data in its responses. You need to configure data loss prevention (DLP) policies that apply to Copilot interactions. Which Microsoft Purview capability should you use?
eDiscovery
Why wrong: eDiscovery is for legal holds and searches, not real-time monitoring.
Data Loss Prevention policies
Why wrong: DLP policies do not natively cover Copilot interactions.
Information Protection and sensitivity labels
Why wrong: Labels classify data but don't monitor conversations.
Communication Compliance
Communication Compliance can monitor AI chat interactions for policy violations.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Communication Compliance
Communication Compliance in Microsoft Purview is specifically designed to detect and prevent sensitive data exposure in communication channels, including Microsoft Copilot for Security interactions. It allows you to configure policies that scan AI prompts and responses for sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or confidential business data, and take automated actions like blocking or alerting. This makes it the correct capability for DLP in Copilot contexts, as it directly addresses the risk of AI models inadvertently leaking sensitive data.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
eDiscovery
Why it's wrong here
eDiscovery is for legal holds and searches, not real-time monitoring.
Data Loss Prevention policies
Why it's wrong here
DLP policies do not natively cover Copilot interactions.
Information Protection and sensitivity labels
Why it's wrong here
Labels classify data but don't monitor conversations.
Communication Compliance
Why this is correct
Communication Compliance can monitor AI chat interactions for policy violations.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates assume standard Data Loss Prevention policies (Option B) are the obvious choice for any DLP scenario, but Microsoft specifically designed Communication Compliance to handle the unique risks of AI interactions, including Copilot for Security, making it the correct answer for this context.
Detailed technical explanation
Communication Compliance leverages machine learning classifiers and trainable classifiers to analyze text in Copilot prompts and responses, using pattern matching for sensitive info types (e.g., Social Security numbers, bank account numbers) defined in Microsoft Purview. Under the hood, it integrates with the Copilot backend via the Microsoft Graph API, enabling policy actions like 'Block' or 'Notify' at the moment of interaction. In a real-world scenario, if a user asks Copilot to summarize a document containing PII, Communication Compliance can intercept the response and redact or block it before the user sees it, whereas standard DLP policies would only protect the document itself, not the AI-generated output.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A cloud solutions architect for a retail company is evaluating services for a new workload. The correct answer here reflects best practice for the specific scenario described — not a general cloud recommendation. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Cloud exam questions reward reading the constraint carefully: the same technology can be right or wrong depending on the use case.
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Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities — This question tests Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Communication Compliance — Communication Compliance in Microsoft Purview is specifically designed to detect and prevent sensitive data exposure in communication channels, including Microsoft Copilot for Security interactions. It allows you to configure policies that scan AI prompts and responses for sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or confidential business data, and take automated actions like blocking or alerting. This makes it the correct capability for DLP in Copilot contexts, as it directly addresses the risk of AI models inadvertently leaking sensitive data.
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