MS-102 - Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert Configuring Identity Synchronization Questions and Answers

Question 1

A company is planning to synchronize its on-premises Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID.
They want to test configuration changes and have a disaster recovery solution.
Which Microsoft Entra Connect feature should they use?

Accepted Answer

Staging mode

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Pass-through Authentication

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Seamless Single Sign-On

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Microsoft Entra Connect Health

Question 2

An administrator needs to prevent a specific set of user accounts, located in a particular Organizational Unit (OU), from synchronizing to Microsoft Entra ID. Which is the recommended method to achieve this using the Microsoft Entra Connect configuration wizard?

Accepted Answer

Domain and OU filtering

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Attribute-based filtering

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Group-based filtering

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Disabling the scheduler

Question 3

Your organization uses Microsoft Entra Connect with Password Hash Synchronization. You have placed the primary sync server into staging mode to perform maintenance. Which of the following statements is true regarding the server in staging mode?

Accepted Answer

The server stops synchronizing password changes from the on-premises AD.

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The server will continue to export all object changes to Microsoft Entra ID.

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The server's SQL database is deleted to save space.

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The server automatically takes over if the new primary server fails.

Question 4

A Microsoft 365 administrator is deploying Microsoft Entra Connect Health for Sync. What is a primary prerequisite for completing the agent installation and successfully registering it with the health service?

Accepted Answer

A Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 license.

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The server must be a read-only domain controller (RODC).

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The account used must have only the Hybrid Identity Administrator role.

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The server must be running Windows Server Core.

Question 5

Which of the following is a key characteristic of Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync that differentiates it from the traditional Microsoft Entra Connect Sync?

Accepted Answer

It uses lightweight, on-premises agents with configuration managed in the cloud.

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It requires a full SQL Server installation for its database.

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It is the only tool that supports Password Hash Synchronization.

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It cannot synchronize objects from a multi-forest, disconnected AD environment.

Question 6

An administrator needs to customize an attribute flow for user objects being synchronized to Microsoft Entra ID. To ensure the changes are not overwritten during a future Microsoft Entra Connect upgrade, what is the recommended practice?

Accepted Answer

Clone the default rule, disable the original, and give the new rule a precedence value less than 100.

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Directly edit the default 'In from AD - User Common' rule.

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Export the default rule, modify it, and re-import it with the same precedence.

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Disable the default rule and create a new custom rule from scratch.