SC-900 Practice Question: Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity
An organization wants to classify and label data automatically based on sensitive content patterns such as credit card numbers. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) can automatically classify and label data based on sensitive content patterns such as credit card numbers. Option A (eDiscovery) is for legal discovery, Option C (Compliance Manager) is for compliance assessments, and Option D (Audit) is for logging activities.
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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eDiscovery
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is used for legal discovery, not for automatic classification and labeling based on sensitive content patterns.
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Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Why this is correct
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) can automatically classify and label data based on sensitive content patterns like credit card numbers.
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Compliance Manager
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is for compliance assessments, not automatic classification and labeling.
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Audit
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Purview Audit is for logging and auditing activities, not for classification and labeling.
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Compliance
Compliance is the process of ensuring that an organization follows laws, regulations, standards, and internal policies that apply to its operations and data handling.
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Organization
An Organization is a top-level container in Google Cloud that represents your company or entities and serves as the root node for all your cloud resources, policies, and access control.
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