MS-100 Microsoft 365 Services Configuration 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the purpose of Microsoft 365 Message Encryption (OME)?
- Encrypts data at rest in Exchange Online
- Allows sending encrypted emails to any recipient regardless of their email provider (Correct answer)
- Enforces S/MIME certificates for internal email
- Prevents external email forwarding
Correct answer: Allows sending encrypted emails to any recipient regardless of their email provider
OME (Office Message Encryption) allows users to send encrypted emails to any external recipient including Gmail or Yahoo addresses without requiring special software.
Question 2: Which Microsoft 365 compliance feature allows administrators to place a hold on all content in a user's mailbox and OneDrive, preserving it for legal purposes?
- Retention policies
- eDiscovery holds (Correct answer)
- Information barriers
- Communication compliance
Correct answer: eDiscovery holds
eDiscovery (Core or Premium) holds preserve mailbox and OneDrive content indefinitely, preventing deletion even if the user attempts to remove items.
Question 3: A Microsoft 365 tenant administrator wants to see which apps in the organization are accessing Microsoft 365 data. Which tool provides this visibility?
- Microsoft Secure Score
- Cloud App Security (Defender for Cloud Apps) (Correct answer)
- Compliance Manager
- Azure AD App Registrations
Correct answer: Cloud App Security (Defender for Cloud Apps)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly Cloud App Security) provides app discovery and visibility into which applications are accessing Microsoft 365 data.
Question 4: Which SharePoint Online permission level allows a user to view pages and list items but not edit them?
- Contribute
- Read (Correct answer)
- Edit
- View Only
Correct answer: Read
The Read permission level in SharePoint Online allows users to view pages, list items, and documents without the ability to make changes.
Question 5: What Microsoft 365 feature enables organizations to set policies that prevent specific users or groups from communicating with each other in Teams and other workloads?
- Communication compliance
- Information barriers (Correct answer)
- Sensitivity labels
- Data Loss Prevention
Correct answer: Information barriers
Information barriers in Microsoft 365 restrict communication between defined segments of users to prevent conflicts of interest or regulatory violations.
Question 6: Which Microsoft 365 admin center tool provides a health score and recommended actions to improve an organization's security posture?
- Compliance Manager
- Microsoft Secure Score (Correct answer)
- Service Health Dashboard
- Attack Surface Reduction
Correct answer: Microsoft Secure Score
Microsoft Secure Score measures an organization's security posture and provides prioritized improvement actions across Microsoft 365 services.
MS-100 Microsoft 365 Services Configuration 2
What is the purpose of Microsoft 365 Message Encryption (OME)?