SC-100 Practice Question: Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities
This SC-100 practice question tests your understanding of design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities. 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 uses Microsoft Intune to manage devices. You need to ensure that only compliant devices can access corporate email. What should you configure?
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 a Conditional Access policy that requires compliant device
Option A is correct because a Conditional Access policy in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) can enforce the requirement that only devices marked as compliant by Intune can access corporate email. This policy evaluates the device compliance status at authentication time and blocks or grants access based on that signal, ensuring that only managed and compliant devices can connect to services like Exchange Online.
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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Create a Conditional Access policy that requires compliant device
Why this is correct
Conditional Access can require device compliance as a condition for accessing corporate resources.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Set up enrollment restrictions in Intune
Why it's wrong here
Enrollment restrictions control which devices can enroll, not access for already enrolled devices.
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Create a device configuration policy that blocks non-compliant devices
Why it's wrong here
Device configuration policies configure settings, they do not enforce access control.
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Configure an app protection policy for email apps
Why it's wrong here
App protection policies protect data within apps, not device compliance for access.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse device configuration policies (which set device settings) with Conditional Access (which enforces access control based on compliance), leading them to choose option C instead of the correct policy-based access control.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Conditional Access policies integrate with Intune compliance policies via the 'Require device to be marked as compliant' grant control. Under the hood, when a user attempts to access Exchange Online, Entra ID checks the device compliance status reported by Intune; if the device is non-compliant, access is blocked or limited (e.g., to browser-only). A real-world scenario is when a device is jailbroken or missing required updates—Intune marks it non-compliant, and Conditional Access enforces the block, even if the user has valid credentials.
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.
TExam Day Tips
→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 company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
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Concepts from this question explained
These glossary pages explain the core terms tested in this SC-100 question in full detail.
Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities — This question tests Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Create a Conditional Access policy that requires compliant device — Option A is correct because a Conditional Access policy in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) can enforce the requirement that only devices marked as compliant by Intune can access corporate email. This policy evaluates the device compliance status at authentication time and blocks or grants access based on that signal, ensuring that only managed and compliant devices can connect to services like Exchange Online.
What should I do if I get this SC-100 question wrong?
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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