SC-900 Practice Question: Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions
A compliance team at Litware needs to respond to a regulatory request for all documents related to a specific project. The documents are stored in SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Exchange Online. The team must preserve the content in place and be able to search and export it. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse content search with eDiscovery; content search can find items but lacks holds and case management needed for legal preservation.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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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eDiscovery (Standard) case with holds and searches
eDiscovery (Standard) is the appropriate solution because it supports creating a case, placing holds on Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business to preserve content in place, and running searches to identify and export relevant items. It provides the case management and legal hold features needed for regulatory requests.
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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Content search in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal
Why it's wrong here
Content search can find items across Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive, but it does not provide case management or the ability to place holds to preserve content. It is primarily for ad-hoc searches. Without holds, data could be modified or deleted, which fails the preservation requirement.
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eDiscovery (Standard) case with holds and searches
Why this is correct
eDiscovery (Standard) allows creating a case, placing holds on Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive locations, and running searches to identify and export relevant content. It preserves data in place and supports the legal hold requirement. This solution directly addresses the need to preserve, search, and export documents across these workloads.
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Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies
Why it's wrong here
DLP policies are designed to prevent sharing of sensitive information, not to preserve or export content for legal requests. They do not provide search and export capabilities across workloads. Using DLP would not satisfy the regulatory request to collect and preserve documents.
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Audit log search in Microsoft Purview
Why it's wrong here
Audit log search provides a record of activities performed in Microsoft 365, not the actual content of documents or emails. It cannot preserve or export the documents themselves. This is useful for investigations, but it does not meet the requirement to preserve and export project documents.
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Key term
Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Purview is a unified data governance and compliance service that helps organizations discover, manage, and protect their data across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Key term
eDiscovery
eDiscovery is the process of identifying, collecting, and producing electronic information for legal cases or investigations.
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