MS-100 Research & Evidence-Based Practice 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When evaluating whether to migrate an on-premises Exchange environment to Exchange Online, which Microsoft resource provides the most authoritative evidence on feature parity gaps?
- Microsoft 365 Roadmap at Microsoft.com (Correct answer)
- Third-party analyst reports from Gartner
- Community posts on Reddit r/sysadmin
- Vendor whitepapers from competing vendors
Correct answer: Microsoft 365 Roadmap at Microsoft.com
The Microsoft 365 Roadmap (microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap) is the authoritative source for current and planned feature availability in Microsoft 365 services.
Question 2: An admin wants to verify whether a specific Microsoft 365 service outage is actively occurring before escalating to Microsoft Support. What is the best first evidence-gathering step?
- Check the Microsoft 365 Service Health Dashboard in the admin center (Correct answer)
- Submit a support ticket and wait for a response
- Search Twitter for mentions of the service name
- Restart all on-premises connectors immediately
Correct answer: Check the Microsoft 365 Service Health Dashboard in the admin center
The Service Health Dashboard in the Microsoft 365 admin center provides real-time, authoritative status for all Microsoft 365 services.
Question 3: A project team is researching the correct licensing requirements before enabling Microsoft 365 Advanced Audit. Which source provides the most accurate licensing evidence?
- Microsoft 365 licensing documentation on learn.microsoft.com (Correct answer)
- The Microsoft 365 admin center billing summary
- A blog post from a Microsoft MVP
- The Microsoft 365 compliance center UI tooltips only
Correct answer: Microsoft 365 licensing documentation on learn.microsoft.com
Microsoft's official licensing documentation on learn.microsoft.com is the definitive source for feature-to-license mapping for Microsoft 365 services.
Question 4: Before recommending a Hybrid Azure AD Join deployment, an administrator wants evidence on supported Windows versions. What is the most reliable evidence source?
- Azure Active Directory documentation on learn.microsoft.com (Correct answer)
- Internal IT knowledge base articles from two years ago
- Microsoft Community forum answers
- Azure AD join error logs from a test machine
Correct answer: Azure Active Directory documentation on learn.microsoft.com
The official Azure Active Directory documentation lists exact supported OS versions and prerequisites for Hybrid Azure AD Join deployments.
Question 5: An MS-100 candidate is researching how Microsoft processes eDiscovery requests in Microsoft 365. Which document type provides the most evidence-based understanding of Microsoft's legal compliance posture?
- Microsoft's Online Services Terms and Privacy documentation (Correct answer)
- A LinkedIn article written by a compliance consultant
- Microsoft 365 admin center notification emails
- The Microsoft 365 security score report
Correct answer: Microsoft's Online Services Terms and Privacy documentation
Microsoft's Online Services Terms (OST) and privacy documentation formally describe how Microsoft handles government and legal requests for customer data.
Question 6: A team is assessing whether Microsoft 365 meets GDPR requirements for their EU operations. Which Microsoft resource provides evidence-based compliance documentation?
- Microsoft Trust Center at microsoft.com/trust-center (Correct answer)
- Bing search results for 'Microsoft GDPR'
- The Microsoft 365 Message Center
- Microsoft 365 usage analytics reports
Correct answer: Microsoft Trust Center at microsoft.com/trust-center
The Microsoft Trust Center hosts compliance documentation, audit reports, and certifications including GDPR, ISO, and SOC to support evidence-based compliance decisions.
Question 7: When researching the impact of enabling Security Defaults in Azure AD, which approach represents evidence-based practice?
- Deploy Security Defaults to a pilot group first and review the Sign-in logs for blocked authentications (Correct answer)
- Enable Security Defaults tenant-wide immediately based on Microsoft's recommendation
- Rely solely on the admin center description of Security Defaults before enabling
- Ask users if they want MFA before enabling Security Defaults
Correct answer: Deploy Security Defaults to a pilot group first and review the Sign-in logs for blocked authentications
Piloting on a subset of users and reviewing Azure AD Sign-in logs for impact is an evidence-based approach before full deployment.
MS-100 Research & Evidence-Based Practice 2
When evaluating whether to migrate an on-premises Exchange environment to Exchange Online, which Microsoft resource provides the most authoritative evidence on feature parity gaps?