- A
Configure information barriers
Why wrong: Information barriers restrict communication, not preservation.
- B
Place the relevant sites on litigation hold
Litigation hold preserves content indefinitely for legal purposes.
- C
Apply a retention label with indefinite retention
Why wrong: Retention labels can have indefinite retention but litigation hold is more appropriate for legal matters.
- D
Create a DLP policy to block deletion
Why wrong: DLP does not preserve content.
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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. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. 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.
An organization has a Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management policy that retains all documents for 5 years. However, legal requires that documents related to a specific lawsuit be preserved indefinitely. What should you do?
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
✓
Place the relevant sites on litigation hold
Litigation hold (now called legal hold in Microsoft Purview) preserves all content in a SharePoint site or OneDrive account indefinitely, overriding any retention policy. This ensures documents related to the lawsuit are not deleted or altered, even if a Data Lifecycle Management policy would otherwise remove them after 5 years. The hold applies at the site level, not to individual items, and prevents both deletion and modification.
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.
- ✗
Configure information barriers
Why it's wrong here
Information barriers restrict communication, not preservation.
- ✓
Place the relevant sites on litigation hold
Why this is correct
Litigation hold preserves content indefinitely for legal purposes.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Apply a retention label with indefinite retention
Why it's wrong here
Retention labels can have indefinite retention but litigation hold is more appropriate for legal matters.
- ✗
Create a DLP policy to block deletion
Why it's wrong here
DLP does not preserve content.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates confuse retention labels (which require manual or automatic application to individual items) with litigation hold (which applies to an entire site or OneDrive account), leading them to choose option C despite its impracticality for bulk preservation.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Litigation hold in SharePoint Online works by placing the site in a read-only state for all users except site collection administrators, and it preserves all versions and metadata. Under the hood, it uses the 'Hold' feature in the SharePoint Online Management Shell, which sets the `-LockState` to `ReadOnly` and enables the `-NoExpiration` flag on the site. In a real-world scenario, if a lawsuit involves thousands of documents across multiple sites, litigation hold ensures compliance without requiring manual labeling or policy exceptions.
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 startup's cloud architect reviews their monthly bill and notices costs are higher than expected for a long-running batch job. Switching from on-demand instances to Reserved Instances — or using Spot/Preemptible VMs — can reduce compute costs by up to 72 %. Questions like this test whether you understand the tradeoffs between commitment, flexibility, and cost across cloud pricing models.
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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..
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The correct answer is: Place the relevant sites on litigation hold — Litigation hold (now called legal hold in Microsoft Purview) preserves all content in a SharePoint site or OneDrive account indefinitely, overriding any retention policy. This ensures documents related to the lawsuit are not deleted or altered, even if a Data Lifecycle Management policy would otherwise remove them after 5 years. The hold applies at the site level, not to individual items, and prevents both deletion and modification.
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