SC-200 Manage a security operations environment Practice Question
This SC-200 practice question tests your understanding of manage a security operations environment. 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 Sentinel with UEBA enabled. You are investigating a suspicious incident where a user's account is reported to have accessed an unusual amount of data from a SharePoint site. The incident alert points to the user 'jdoe@contoso.com'. You open the incident and see that the entity timeline for jdoe shows several activities, including file downloads. However, you notice that the timeline does not include any Azure AD sign-in events for this user. You need to include sign-in events in the entity timeline to get a complete picture. What should you do?
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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Install the Azure Active Directory connector to ingest sign-in logs.
The entity timeline in Microsoft Sentinel relies on data already ingested into the workspace. Since Azure AD sign-in events are not appearing, the most likely cause is that the Azure Active Directory connector has not been installed or configured. Installing this connector ingests sign-in logs (and audit logs) into Sentinel, which then populates the entity timeline with sign-in activities for users like jdoe.
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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Install the Azure Active Directory connector to ingest sign-in logs.
Why this is correct
The Azure AD connector provides sign-in logs for UEBA.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Enable UEBA for Azure AD in the Sentinel settings.
Why it's wrong here
UEBA is enabled at workspace level, not per source.
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Install the Office 365 connector to ingest Azure AD logs.
Why it's wrong here
Office 365 connector does not include Azure AD sign-in logs.
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Configure the entity timeline to include Azure AD events manually.
Why it's wrong here
Entity timeline is automatically populated based on ingested data.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates confuse the Office 365 connector (which handles SharePoint, Exchange, Teams) with the Azure AD connector (which handles sign-in and audit logs), leading them to choose Option C instead of A.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
The Azure Active Directory connector uses the Azure AD diagnostic settings to stream sign-in and audit logs into a Log Analytics workspace, which Sentinel then queries. Without this connector, sign-in events remain only in Azure AD, not in Sentinel’s workspace. In a real-world scenario, missing sign-in logs could hide critical context like impossible travel or anomalous login locations, which are essential for a complete UEBA investigation.
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.
Related glossary terms
Concepts from this question explained
These glossary pages explain the core terms tested in this SC-200 question in full detail.
Manage a security operations environment — This question tests Manage a security operations environment — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Install the Azure Active Directory connector to ingest sign-in logs. — The entity timeline in Microsoft Sentinel relies on data already ingested into the workspace. Since Azure AD sign-in events are not appearing, the most likely cause is that the Azure Active Directory connector has not been installed or configured. Installing this connector ingests sign-in logs (and audit logs) into Sentinel, which then populates the entity timeline with sign-in activities for users like jdoe.
What should I do if I get this SC-200 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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