MS-100 Technology & Digital Applications 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Microsoft 365 identity feature allows users to register once and access all Microsoft 365 applications without repeated sign-in prompts?
- Azure AD B2C
- Seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) (Correct answer)
- Pass-through Authentication
- Federation Services
Correct answer: Seamless Single Sign-On (SSO)
Azure AD Seamless SSO automatically signs in users on corporate devices connected to the corporate network without requiring additional credentials.
Question 2: A Microsoft 365 administrator needs to allow a partner organization's users to access a SharePoint site without creating accounts in their tenant. Which feature enables this?
- Azure AD B2B collaboration (Correct answer)
- Azure AD External Identities B2C
- Guest access via Microsoft Accounts only
- Federation trust
Correct answer: Azure AD B2B collaboration
Azure AD B2B collaboration lets external users from partner organizations access resources using their own organizational credentials.
Question 3: Which Microsoft 365 compliance feature allows an organization to place a mailbox on hold so that emails cannot be permanently deleted even by the user?
- Retention labels
- Litigation Hold (Correct answer)
- eDiscovery case hold
- In-Place Archive
Correct answer: Litigation Hold
Litigation Hold preserves all mailbox content indefinitely, preventing users or admins from permanently deleting items.
Question 4: What does the Microsoft 365 Service Health Dashboard primarily display?
- Security threat intelligence
- Current and historical status of Microsoft 365 service availability (Correct answer)
- User license assignment status
- Compliance score details
Correct answer: Current and historical status of Microsoft 365 service availability
The Service Health Dashboard shows the real-time operational status and historical incidents for all Microsoft 365 services.
Question 5: Which Microsoft 365 feature enables organizations to create custom workflows that automate repetitive business processes without writing code?
- Power Automate (Correct answer)
- Microsoft Forms
- Viva Insights
- Stream
Correct answer: Power Automate
Power Automate (formerly Microsoft Flow) provides a no-code/low-code platform for building automated workflows across Microsoft 365 and third-party services.
Question 6: An administrator enables Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) in Azure AD. Which authentication method must users register before they can use SSPR?
- Windows Hello for Business
- At least one approved verification method such as email or authenticator app (Correct answer)
- A hardware security key
- A biometric scan
Correct answer: At least one approved verification method such as email or authenticator app
SSPR requires users to pre-register at least one approved verification method (e.g., phone, email, authenticator app) before they can reset their own password.
Question 7: Which protocol does Exchange Online use to allow mobile devices to synchronize email, calendar, and contacts natively?
- IMAP4
- POP3
- Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) (Correct answer)
- MAPI over HTTP
Correct answer: Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS)
Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is the protocol that enables mobile devices to synchronize email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange Online.
Which Microsoft 365 identity feature allows users to register once and access all Microsoft 365 applications without repeated sign-in prompts?