- A
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium)
eDiscovery (Premium) provides a complete workflow for legal cases, including identifying custodians, placing legal holds on their mailboxes, SharePoint sites, and Teams, and performing advanced collection and review.
- B
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Standard)
Why wrong: eDiscovery (Standard) allows searching and exporting content, but it does not support custodian-based holds or advanced review workflows like analytics or predictive coding.
- C
Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium)
Why wrong: Audit (Premium) provides logging and investigation of user activities, but does not allow placing a hold on data or collecting ESI for legal cases.
- D
Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
Why wrong: Data Lifecycle Management (retention policies and labels) manages data retention and deletion, but cannot be used to preserve data for litigation holds.
SC-900 Practice Question: Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions
This SC-900 practice question tests your understanding of describe the capabilities of microsoft compliance solutions. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. 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.
A legal team is handling a lawsuit and needs to gather all electronically stored information (ESI) related to a specific case from across Microsoft 365, including emails, Teams messages, and SharePoint documents. They need to place a hold on the custodians' data to prevent deletion or modification, and then collect, review, and export the data. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they use?
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
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium)
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium) is the correct solution because it provides end-to-end workflow for legal cases, including the ability to place legal holds on custodians' data across Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive to preserve ESI, and then collect, review, and export that data. The Premium tier adds advanced features like custodian management, review sets, and predictive coding, which are essential for complex litigation scenarios.
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.
- ✓
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium)
Why this is correct
eDiscovery (Premium) provides a complete workflow for legal cases, including identifying custodians, placing legal holds on their mailboxes, SharePoint sites, and Teams, and performing advanced collection and review.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Standard)
Why it's wrong here
eDiscovery (Standard) allows searching and exporting content, but it does not support custodian-based holds or advanced review workflows like analytics or predictive coding.
- ✗
Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium)
Why it's wrong here
Audit (Premium) provides logging and investigation of user activities, but does not allow placing a hold on data or collecting ESI for legal cases.
- ✗
Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
Why it's wrong here
Data Lifecycle Management (retention policies and labels) manages data retention and deletion, but cannot be used to preserve data for litigation holds.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates confuse eDiscovery (Standard) with eDiscovery (Premium), assuming the Standard tier can handle custodian holds and advanced review, but only Premium provides the full legal hold and collection workflow required for complex litigation.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
eDiscovery (Premium) uses a custodian-based model where you can add custodians, identify their data sources (Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive), and apply a legal hold that preserves all content in-place, preventing deletion or modification via the Preservation Hold library. The solution integrates with Microsoft Graph to index and search across all M365 workloads, and allows export in a standardized format (e.g., PST, CSV, native files) with load files for review platforms like Relativity or Everlaw.
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.
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How this comes up in practice
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Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions — This question tests Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium) — Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium) is the correct solution because it provides end-to-end workflow for legal cases, including the ability to place legal holds on custodians' data across Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive to preserve ESI, and then collect, review, and export that data. The Premium tier adds advanced features like custodian management, review sets, and predictive coding, which are essential for complex litigation scenarios.
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