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The correct answer is to use an incident manager with a cross-workspace view. This configuration is necessary because Microsoft Sentinel’s cross-workspace view leverages Azure Resource Graph to query incidents across multiple workspaces without physically moving or replicating the underlying data, thereby strictly maintaining data residency requirements. On the SC-200 exam, this scenario tests your understanding of how to centralize incident management in a multi-workspace environment while respecting regional data boundaries—a common challenge for global organizations. A frequent trap is assuming you need to merge workspaces or use Log Analytics queries, but the cross-workspace view is a built-in feature of the incident manager that provides a single pane of glass. Remember the memory tip: “Resource Graph, not data transfer” to recall that Azure Resource Graph enables the view without violating residency.
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Your company deploys Microsoft Sentinel in a multi-workspace environment. You need to centralize incident management across workspaces while maintaining data residency. You configure Sentinel workspaces in each region. What additional configuration is required to view all incidents from a single pane?
Deploy the Microsoft Sentinel solution across workspaces.
Why wrong: Solutions don't centralize incident view.
Assign the same Azure RBAC roles to all users in each workspace.
Why wrong: Roles don't aggregate incidents.
Merge the workspaces into a single workspace.
Why wrong: Merging violates data residency.
Use an incident manager with a cross-workspace view.
Cross-workspace views centralize incidents.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Use an incident manager with a cross-workspace view.
Option D is correct because Microsoft Sentinel supports cross-workspace incident management through the incident manager, which can be configured to display incidents from multiple workspaces in a single view. This is achieved by using the 'cross-workspace view' feature, which leverages Azure Resource Graph to query incidents across workspaces without moving data, thus maintaining data residency requirements.
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.
Deploy the Microsoft Sentinel solution across workspaces.
Why it's wrong here
Solutions don't centralize incident view.
Assign the same Azure RBAC roles to all users in each workspace.
Why it's wrong here
Roles don't aggregate incidents.
Merge the workspaces into a single workspace.
Why it's wrong here
Merging violates data residency.
Use an incident manager with a cross-workspace view.
Why this is correct
Cross-workspace views centralize incidents.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often confuse deploying the Sentinel solution (Option A) with enabling cross-workspace views, but the solution deployment is a separate prerequisite and does not itself provide centralized incident management.
Detailed technical explanation
The cross-workspace view in Microsoft Sentinel uses Azure Resource Graph queries to retrieve incidents from multiple workspaces, allowing you to filter, sort, and manage incidents from a single interface. This is particularly useful in multi-region deployments where data must remain in its original region for compliance, as the queries run across workspaces without copying or moving the underlying data. The feature is configured via the 'Incidents' blade by adding workspace references in the 'Workspaces' selector, which queries the 'SecurityIncident' table across specified workspaces.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
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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The correct answer is: Use an incident manager with a cross-workspace view. — Option D is correct because Microsoft Sentinel supports cross-workspace incident management through the incident manager, which can be configured to display incidents from multiple workspaces in a single view. This is achieved by using the 'cross-workspace view' feature, which leverages Azure Resource Graph to query incidents across workspaces without moving data, thus maintaining data residency requirements.
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