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SC-200 Practice Question: A company has enabled Microsoft Defender for…
A company has enabled Microsoft Defender for Cloud on multiple Azure subscriptions. The security team wants to view a unified security score that aggregates the scores from all subscriptions. Which feature should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse the Secure Score dashboard with the Security alerts dashboard, thinking alerts contribute to the score, but the Secure Score is purely based on recommendation compliance, not active threats.
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Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
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Secure Score dashboard
The Secure Score dashboard in Microsoft Defender for Cloud aggregates the security scores from all selected subscriptions into a single, unified score. This allows the security team to view the overall security posture across multiple Azure subscriptions at a glance, based on the compliance status of security recommendations.
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Azure Policy compliance dashboard
Why it's wrong here
The Azure Policy compliance dashboard in Microsoft Defender for Cloud displays the compliance state of your Azure Policy assignments, including built-in initiatives like the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark. It shows which resources are non-compliant with specific policies, but it does not aggregate or compute the overall security score across your subscriptions. Therefore, it cannot be used to view a consolidated score metric.
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Secure Score dashboard
Why this is correct
The Secure Score dashboard in Microsoft Defender for Cloud is the correct place to view an aggregated security score because it consolidates the results of security recommendations and calculates a normalized score across all your subscriptions. It shows your current score, the maximum possible score, and the potential score increase if you remediate all recommended actions. This dashboard provides a single, unified metric that reflects your overall security posture, making it the ideal tool for the stated requirement.
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Security alerts dashboard
Why it's wrong here
The Security alerts dashboard in Microsoft Defender for Cloud focuses on active threats and alerts generated by the various Defender plans, such as Defender for Servers or Defender for Storage. It lists detections, their severity, and related entities, but it does not aggregate your security posture into a numeric score. While alerts inform you about incidents, they are not a score metric, so this dashboard does not satisfy the need to view an aggregated security score.
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Workload protection dashboard
Why it's wrong here
The Workload protection dashboard in Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides visibility into the coverage and protection status of your workloads across different resource types, such as servers, databases, and storage accounts. It shows which Defender plans are enabled and which workloads are protected or unprotected, but it does not aggregate or express this information as a single security score. Consequently, it is not the appropriate location for viewing an aggregated security score.
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