How to pass Microsoft 365 Security Administration MS-500 exam?

1. Testlet 1

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Overview

Fabrikam, Inc. is manufacturing company that sells products through partner retail stores. Fabrikam has 5,000 employees located in offices throughout Europe.

Existing Environment

Network Infrastructure

The network contains an Active Directory forest named fabrikam.com. Fabrikam has a hybrid Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) environment.

The company maintains some on-premises servers for specific applications, but most end-user applications are provided by a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.

Problem Statements

Fabrikam identifies the following issues:

- Since last Friday, the IT team has been receiving automated email messages that contain "Unhealthy Identity Synchronization Notification" in the subject line.

- Several users recently opened email attachments that contained malware. The process to remove the malware was time consuming.

Requirements

Planned Changes

Fabrikam plans to implement the following changes:

- Fabrikam plans to monitor and investigate suspicious sign-ins to Active Directory

- Fabrikam plans to provide partners with access to some of the data stored in Microsoft 365

Application Administration

Fabrikam identifies the following application requirements for managing workload applications:

- User administrators will work from different countries

- User administrators will use the Azure Active Directory admin center

- Two new administrators named Admin1 and Admin2 will be responsible for managing Microsoft Exchange Online only

Security Requirements

Fabrikam identifies the following security requirements:

- Access to the Azure Active Directory admin center by the user administrators must be reviewed every seven days. If an administrator fails to respond to an access request within three days, access must be removed

- Users who manage Microsoft 365 workloads must only be allowed to perform administrative tasks for up to three hours at a time. Global administrators must be exempt from this requirement

- Users must be prevented from inviting external users to view company data. Only global administrators and a user named User1 must be able to send invitations

- Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) must capture security group modifications for sensitive groups, such as Domain Admins in Active Directory

- Workload administrators must use multi-factor authentication (MFA) when signing in from an anonymous or an unfamiliar location

- The location of the user administrators must be audited when the administrators authenticate to Azure AD

- Email messages that include attachments containing malware must be delivered without the attachment

- The principle of least privilege must be used whenever possible

An administrator configures Azure AD Privileged Identity Management as shown in the following exhibit.

What should you do to meet the security requirements?

2. You need to recommend a solution for the user administrators that meets the security requirements for auditing.

Which blade should you recommend using from the Azure Active Directory admin center?

3. HOTSPOT

You plan to configure an access review to meet the security requirements for the workload administrators. You create an access review policy and specify the scope and a group.

Which other settings should you configure? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

4. You need to recommend a solution to protect the sign-ins of Admin1 and Admin2.

What should you include in the recommendation?

5. You need to resolve the issue that generates the automated email messages to the IT team.

Which tool should you run first?

6. Testlet 2

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Overview

Litware, Inc. is a financial company that has 1,000 users in its main office in Chicago and 100 users in a branch office in San Francisco.

Existing Environment

Internal Network Infrastructure

The network contains a single domain forest. The forest functional level is Windows Server 2016.

Users are subject to sign-in hour restrictions as defined in Active Directory.

The network has the IP address ranges shown in the following table.

The offices connect by using Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).

The following operating systems are used on the network:

- Windows Server 2016

- Windows 10 Enterprise

- Windows 8.1 Enterprise

The internal network contains the systems shown in the following table.

Litware uses a third-party email system.

Cloud Infrastructure

Litware recently purchased Microsoft 365 subscription licenses for all users.

Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Connect is installed and uses the default authentication settings. User accounts are not yet synced to Azure AD.

You have the Microsoft 365 users and groups shown in the following table.

Requirements

Planned Changes

Litware plans to implement the following changes:

- Migrate the email system to Microsoft Exchange Online

- Implement Azure AD Privileged Identity Management

Security Requirements

Litware identifies the following security requirements:

- Create a group named Group2 that will include all the Azure AD user accounts. Group2 will be used to provide limited access to Windows Analytics

- Create a group named Group3 that will be used to apply Azure Information Protection policies to pilot users. Group3 must only contain user accounts

- Use Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to detect any security threats that target the forest

- Prevent users locked out of Active Directory from signing in to Azure AD and Active Directory

- Implement a permanent eligible assignment of the Compliance administrator role for User1

- Configure domain-joined servers to ensure that they report sensor data to Microsoft Defender ATP

- Prevent access to Azure resources for the guest user accounts by default

- Ensure that all domain-joined computers are registered to Azure AD

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) Requirements

Security features of Microsoft Office 365 and Azure will be tested by using pilot Azure user accounts.

You identify the following requirements for testing MFA:

- Pilot users must use MFA unless they are signing in from the internal network of the Chicago office. MFA must NOT be used on the Chicago office internal network.

- If an authentication attempt is suspicious, MFA must be used, regardless of the user location.

- Any disruption of legitimate authentication attempts must be minimized.

General Requirements

Litware wants to minimize the deployment of additional servers and services in the Active Directory forest.

You need to create Group2.

What are two possible ways to create the group?

7. Which IP address space should you include in the Trusted IP MFA configuration?

8. HOTSPOT

How should you configure Group3? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

9. HOTSPOT

How should you configure Azure AD Connect? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

10. You need to create Group3.

What are two possible ways to create the group?

11. Testlet 3

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Overview

Contoso, Ltd. is a consulting company that has a main office in Montreal and two branch offices in Seattle and New York.

The company has the offices shown in the following table.

Contoso has IT, human resources (HR), legal, marketing, and finance departments. Contoso uses Microsoft 365.

Existing Environment

Infrastructure

The network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com that is synced to a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant. Password writeback is enabled.

The domain contains servers that run Windows Server 2016. The domain contains laptops and desktop computers that run Windows 10 Enterprise.

Each client computer has a single volume.

Each office connects to the Internet by using a NAT device.

The offices have the IP addresses shown in the following table.

Named locations are defined in Azure AD as shown in the following table.

From the Multi-Factor Authentication page, an address space of 198.35.3.0/24 is defined in the trusted IPs list. Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled for the users in the finance department.

The tenant contains the users shown in the following table.

The tenant contains the groups shown in the following table.

Customer Lockbox is enabled in Microsoft 365.

Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration

The devices enrolled in Microsoft Endpoint Manager are configured as shown in the following table.

The device compliance policies in Microsoft Endpoint Manager are configured as shown in the following table.

The device compliance policies have the assignments shown in the following table.

The Mark devices with no compliance policy assigned as setting is set to Compliant.

Requirements

Technical Requirements

Contoso identifies the following technical requirements:

- Use the principle of least privilege

- Enable User1 to assign the Reports reader role to users

- Ensure that User6 approves Customer Lockbox requests as quickly as possible

- Ensure that User9 can enable and configure Azure AD Privileged Identity Management

HOTSPOT

Which users are members of ADGroup1 and ADGroup2? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

12. HOTSPOT

You are evaluating which finance department users will be prompted for Azure MFA credentials.

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

13. Which user passwords will User2 be prevented from resetting?

14. You need to meet the technical requirements for User9.

What should you do?

15. Which role should you assign to User1?

16. Question Set 4

Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that is associated to a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named contoso.com.

You use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) to federate on-premises Active Directory and the tenant.

Azure AD Connect has the following settings:

- Source Anchor: objectGUID

- Password Hash Synchronization: Disabled

- Password writeback: Disabled

- Directory extension attribute sync: Disabled

- Azure AD app and attribute filtering: Disabled

- Exchange hybrid deployment: Disabled

- User writeback: Disabled

You need to ensure that you can use leaked credentials detection in Azure AD Identity Protection.

Solution: You modify the Azure AD app and attribute filtering settings.

Does that meet the goal?

17. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that is associated to a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named contoso.com.

You use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) to federate on-premises Active Directory and the tenant.

Azure AD Connect has the following settings:

- Source Anchor: objectGUID

- Password Hash Synchronization: Disabled

- Password writeback: Disabled

- Directory extension attribute sync: Disabled

- Azure AD app and attribute filtering: Disabled

- Exchange hybrid deployment: Disabled

- User writeback: Disabled

You need to ensure that you can use leaked credentials detection in Azure AD Identity Protection.

Solution: You modify the Password Hash Synchronization settings.

Does that meet the goal?

18. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that is associated to a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named contoso.com.

You use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) to federate on-premises Active Directory and the tenant.

Azure AD Connect has the following settings:

- Source Anchor: objectGUID

- Password Hash Synchronization: Disabled

- Password writeback: Disabled

- Directory extension attribute sync: Disabled

- Azure AD app and attribute filtering: Disabled

- Exchange hybrid deployment: Disabled

- User writeback: Disabled

You need to ensure that you can use leaked credentials detection in Azure AD Identity Protection.

Solution: You modify the Source Anchor settings.

Does that meet the goal?

19. HOTSPOT

You have a Microsoft 365 subscription that uses a default domain name of contoso.com.

The multi-factor authentication (MFA) service settings are configured as shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit tab.)

In contoso.com, you create the users shown in the following table.

What is the effect of the configuration? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

20. HOTSPOT

You configure Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Connect as shown in the following exhibit.

Use the drop-down menus to select the answer choice that completes each statement based on the information presented in the graphic. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

21. You have a hybrid Microsoft 365 environment. All computers run Windows 10 and are managed by using Microsoft Intune.

You need to create a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) conditional access policy that will allow only Windows 10 computers marked as compliant to establish a VPN connection to the on-premises network.

What should you do first?

22. You have a Microsoft 365 subscription.

From the Microsoft 365 admin center, you create a new user.

You plan to assign the Reports reader role to the user.

You need to view the permissions of the Reports reader role.

Which admin center should you use?

23. You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.

You need to ensure that users who are assigned the Exchange administrator role have time-limited permissions and must use multi-factor authentication (MFA) to request the permissions.

What should you use to achieve the goal?

24. Your company has a Microsoft 365 subscription.

The company does not permit users to enroll personal devices in mobile device management (MDM). Users in the sales department have personal iOS devices. You need to ensure that the sales department users can use the Microsoft Power BI app from iOS devices to access the Power BI data in your tenant. The users must be prevented from backing up the app’s data to iCloud.

What should you create?

25. HOTSPOT You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. Users and device objects are added and removed daily. Users in the sales department frequently change their device.

You need to create three following groups:

The solution must minimize administrative effort.

What is the minimum number of groups you should create for each type of membership? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

26. Your company has a main office and a Microsoft 365 subscription.

You need to enforce Microsoft Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) by using conditional access for all users who are NOT physically present in the office.

What should you include in the configuration?

27. HOTSPOT

You have a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named contoso.com that contains the users shown in the following table.

You create and enforce an Azure AD Identity Protection user risk policy that has the following settings:

- Assignments: Include Group1, Exclude Group2

- Conditions: Sign in risk of Low and above

- Access: Allow access, Require password change

You need to identify how the policy affects User1 and User2.

What occurs when User1 and User2 sign in from an unfamiliar location? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

28. HOTSPOT

You have a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named contoso.com that contains the users shown in the following table.

You create and enforce an Azure AD Identity Protection sign-in risk policy that has the following settings:

- Assignments: Include Group1, Exclude Group2

- Conditions: Sign-in risk of Low and above

- Access: Allow access, Require multi-factor authentication

You need to identify how the policy affects User1 and User2.

What occurs when each user signs in from an anonymous IP address? To answer, select the appropriate

options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

29. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have an on-premises Active Directory domain named contoso.com.

You install and run Azure AD Connect on a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server.

You need to view Azure AD Connect events.

You use the Security event log on Server1.

Does that meet the goal?

30. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have an on-premises Active Directory domain named contoso.com.

You install and run Azure AD Connect on a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server.

You need to view Azure AD Connect events.

You use the Directory Service event log on Server1.

Does that meet the goal?

31. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have an on-premises Active Directory domain named contoso.com.

You install and run Azure AD Connect on a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server.

You need to view Azure AD Connect events. You use the System event log on Server1.

Does that meet the goal?

32. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have an on-premises Active Directory domain named contoso.com.

You install and run Azure AD Connect on a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server.

You need to view Azure AD Connect events.

You use the Application event log on Server1.

Does that meet the goal?

33. You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. Some users are required to use an authenticator app to access Microsoft SharePoint Online. You need to view which users have used an authenticator app to access SharePoint Online. The solution must minimize costs.

What should you do?

34. HOTSPOT

You have a Microsoft 365 subscription that contains the users shown in the following table.

You implement Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Privileged Identity Management (PIM).

From PIM, you review the Application Administrator role and discover the users shown in the following table.

The Application Administrator role is configured to use the follo wing settings in PIM:

- Maximum activation duration: 1 hour

- Notifications: Disable

- Incident/Request ticket: Disable

- Multi-Factor Authentication: Disable

- Require approval: Enable

- Selected approver: No results

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

35. You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. Some users are required to use an authenticator app to access Microsoft SharePoint Online. You need to view which users have used an authenticator app to access SharePoint Online. The solution must minimize costs.

What should you do?

36. HOTSPOT

You have a Microsoft 365 subscription that contains an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named contoso.com.

You need to recommend an Azure AD Privileged Identity Management (PIM) solution that meets the following requirements:

- Administrators must be notified when the Security administrator role is activated.

- Users assigned the Security administrator role must be removed from the role automatically if they do not sign in for 30 days.

Which Azure AD PIM setting should you recommend configuring for each requirement? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

37. SIMULATION

Please wait while the virtual machine loads. Once loaded, you may proceed to the lab section. This may take a few minutes, and the wait time will not be deducted from your overall test time.

When the Next button is available, click it to access the lab section. In this section, you will perform a set of tasks in a live environment. While most functionality will be available to you as it would be in a live environment, some functionality (e.g., copy and paste, ability to navigate to external websites) will not be possible by design.

Scoring is based on the outcome of performing the tasks stated in the lab. In other words, it doesn’t matter how you accomplish the task, if you successfully perform it, you will earn credit for that task.

Labs are not timed separately, and this exam may more than one lab that you must complete. You can use as much time as you would like to complete each lab. But, you should manage your time appropriately to ensure that you are able to complete the lab(s) and all other sections of the exam in the time provided.

Please note that once you submit your work by clicking the Next button within a lab, you will NOT be able to return to the lab.

Username and password

Use the following login credentials as needed:

To enter your username, place your cursor in the Sign in box and click on the username below.

To enter your password, place your cursor in the Enter password box and click on the password below.

Microsoft 365 Username:

[email protected]

Microsoft 365 Password: &=Q8v@2qGzYz

If the Microsoft 365 portal does not load successfully in the browser, press CTRL-K to reload the portal in a new browser tab.

The following information is for technical support purposes only:

Lab instance: 11032396

You need to ensure that a user named Lee Gu can manage all the settings for Exchange Online. The solution must use the principle of least privilege.

To complete this task, sign in to the Microsoft Office 365 admin center.

38. SIMULATION

Please wait while the virtual machine loads. Once loaded, you may proceed to the lab section. This may take a few minutes, and the wait time will not be deducted from your overall test time.

When the Next button is available, click it to access the lab section. In this section, you will perform a set of tasks in a live environment. While most functionality will be available to you as it would be in a live environment, some functionality (e.g., copy and paste, ability to navigate to external websites) will not be possible by design.

Scoring is based on the outcome of performing the tasks stated in the lab. In other words, it doesn’t matter how you accomplish the task, if you successfully perform it, you will earn credit for that task.

Labs are not timed separately, and this exam may more than one lab that you must complete. You can use as much time as you would like to complete each lab. But, you should manage your time appropriately to ensure that you are able to complete the lab(s) and all other sections of the exam in the time provided.

Please note that once you submit your work by clicking the Next button within a lab, you will NOT be able to return to the lab.

Username and password

Use the following login credentials as needed:

To enter your username, place your cursor in the Sign in box and click on the username below. To enter your password, place your cursor in the Enter password box and click on the password below.

Microsoft 365 Username:

[email protected]

Microsoft 365 Password: &=Q8v@2qGzYz

If the Microsoft 365 portal does not load successfully in the browser, press CTRL-K to reload the portal in a new browser tab.

The following information is for technical support purposes only:

Lab instance: 11032396

You need to ensure that each user can join up to five devices to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

To complete this task, sign in to the Microsoft Office 365 admin center.

39. SIMULATION

Please wait while the virtual machine loads. Once loaded, you may proceed to the lab section. This may take a few minutes, and the wait time will not be deducted from your overall test time.

When the Next button is available, click it to access the lab section. In this section, you will perform a set of tasks in a live environment. While most functionality will be available to you as it would be in a live environment, some functionality (e.g., copy and paste, ability to navigate to external websites) will not be possible by design.

Scoring is based on the outcome of performing the tasks stated in the lab. In other words, it doesn’t matter how you accomplish the task, if you successfully perform it, you will earn credit for that task.

Labs are not timed separately, and this exam may more than one lab that you must complete. You can use as much time as you would like to complete each lab. But, you should manage your time appropriately to ensure that you are able to complete the lab(s) and all other sections of the exam in the time provided.

Please note that once you submit your work by clicking the Next button within a lab, you will NOT be able to return to the lab.

Username and password

Use the following login credentials as needed:

To enter your username, place your cursor in the Sign in box and click on the username below.

To enter your password, place your cursor in the Enter password box and click on the password below.

Microsoft 365 Username:

[email protected]

Microsoft 365 Password: &=Q8v@2qGzYz

If the Microsoft 365 portal does not load successfully in the browser, press CTRL-K to reload the portal in a new browser tab. The following information is for technical support purposes only:

Lab instance: 11032396

You need to ensure that group owners renew their Office 365 groups every 180 days.

To complete this task, sign in to the Microsoft Office 365 admin center.

40. SIMULATION

You need to ensure that unmanaged mobile devices are quarantined when the devices attempt to connect to Exchange Online.

To complete this task, sign in to the Microsoft 365 portal.

41. SIMULATION

You need to ensure that all users must change their password every 100 days.

To complete this task, sign in to the Microsoft 365 portal.

42. SIMULATION

You need to ensure that a user named Grady Archie can monitor the service health of your Microsoft 365 tenant. The solution must use the principle of least privilege.

To complete this task, sign in to the Microsoft 365 portal.

43. Testlet 1

Overview

Fabrikam, Inc. is manufacturing company that sells products through partner retail stores. Fabrikam has 5,000 employees located in offices throughout Europe.

Existing Environment

Network Infrastructure

The network contains an Active Directory forest named fabrikam.com. Fabrikam has a hybrid Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) environment.

The company maintains some on-premises servers for specific applications, but most end-user applications are provided by a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.

Problem Statements

Fabrikam identifies the following issues:

- Since last Friday, the IT team has been receiving automated email messages that contain "Unhealthy Identity Synchronization Notification" in the subject line.

- Several users recently opened email attachments that contained malware. The process to remove the malware was time consuming.

Requirements

Planned Changes

Fabrikam plans to implement the following changes:

- Fabrikam plans to monitor and investigate suspicious sign-ins to Active Directory

- Fabrikam plans to provide partners with access to some of the data stored in Microsoft 365

Application Administration

Fabrikam identifies the following application requirements for managing workload applications:

- User administrators will work from different countries

- User administrators will use the Azure Active Directory admin center

- Two new administrators named Admin1 and Admin2 will be responsible for managing Microsoft Exchange Online only

Security Requirements

Fabrikam identifies the following security requirements:

- Access to the Azure Active Directory admin center by the user administrators must be reviewed every seven days. If an administrator fails to respond to an access request within three days, access must be removed

- Users who manage Microsoft 365 workloads must only be allowed to perform administrative tasks for up to three hours at a time. Global administrators must be exempt from this requirement

- Users must be prevented from inviting external users to view company data. Only global administrators and a user named User1 must be able to send invitations

- Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) must capture security group modifications for sensitive groups, such as Domain Admins in Active Directory

- Workload administrators must use multi-factor authentication (MFA) when signing in from an anonymous or an unfamiliar location

- The location of the user administrators must be audited when the administrators authenticate to Azure AD

- Email messages that include attachments containing malware must be delivered without the attachment

- The principle of least privilege must be used whenever possible

HOTSPOT

You need to recommend an email malware solution that meets the security requirements.

What should you include in the recommendation? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer

area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

44. HOTSPOT

You install Azure ATP sensors on domain controllers. You add a member to the Domain Admins group. You view the timeline in Azure ATP and discover that information regarding the membership change is missing. You need to meet the security requirements for Azure ATP reporting.

What should you configure? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

45. Testlet 2

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Overview

Litware, Inc. is a financial company that has 1,000 users in its main office in Chicago and 100 users in a branch office in San Francisco.

Existing Environment

Internal Network Infrastructure

The network contains a single domain forest. The forest functional level is Windows Server 2016.

Users are subject to sign-in hour restrictions as defined in Active Directory.

The network has the IP address ranges shown in the following table.

The offices connect by using Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).

The following operating systems are used on the network:

- Windows Server 2016

- Windows 10 Enterprise

- Windows 8.1 Enterprise

The internal network contains the systems shown in the following table.

Litware uses a third-party email system.

Cloud Infrastructure

Litware recently purchased Microsoft 365 subscription licenses for all users.

Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Connect is installed and uses the default authentication settings. User accounts are not yet synced to Azure AD.

You have the Microsoft 365 users and groups shown in the following table.

Requirements

Planned Changes

Litware plans to implement the following changes:

- Migrate the email system to Microsoft Exchange Online

- Implement Azure AD Privileged Identity Management

Security Requirements

Litware identifies the following security requirements:

- Create a group named Group2 that will include all the Azure AD user accounts. Group2 will be used to provide limited access to Windows Analytics

- Create a group named Group3 that will be used to apply Azure Information Protection policies to pilot users. Group3 must only contain user accounts

- Use Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to detect any security threats that target the forest

- Prevent users locked out of Active Directory from signing in to Azure AD and Active Directory

- Implement a permanent eligible assignment of the Compliance administrator role for User1

- Configure domain-joined servers to ensure that they report sensor data to Microsoft Defender ATP

- Prevent access to Azure resources for the guest user accounts by default

- Ensure that all domain-joined computers are registered to Azure AD

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) Requirements

Security features of Microsoft Office 365 and Azure will be tested by using pilot Azure user accounts.

You identify the following requirements for testing MFA:

- Pilot users must use MFA unless they are signing in from the internal network of the Chicago office. MFA must NOT be used on the Chicago office internal network.

- If an authentication attempt is suspicious, MFA must be used, regardless of the user location.

- Any disruption of legitimate authentication attempts must be minimized.

General Requirements

Litware wants to minimize the deployment of additional servers and services in the Active Directory forest.

DRAG DROP

You need to configure threat detection for Active Directory. The solution must meet the security requirements.

Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

46. You need to enable and configure Microsoft Defender ATP to meet the security requirements.

What should you do?

47. Testlet 3

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Overview

Contoso, Ltd. is a consulting company that has a main office in Montreal and two branch offices in Seattle and New York.

The company has the offices shown in the following table.

Contoso has IT, human resources (HR), legal, marketing, and finance departments. Contoso uses Microsoft 365.

Existing Environment

Infrastructure

The network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com that is synced to a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant. Password writeback is enabled.

The domain contains servers that run Windows Server 2016. The domain contains laptops and desktop computers that run Windows 10 Enterprise.

Each client computer has a single volume.

Each office connects to the Internet by using a NAT device.

The offices have the IP addresses shown in the following table.

Named locations are defined in Azure AD as shown in the following table.

From the Multi-Factor Authentication page, an address space of 198.35.3.0/24 is defined in the trusted IPs list. Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled for the users in the finance department.

The tenant contains the users shown in the following table.

The tenant contains the groups shown in the following table.

Customer Lockbox is enabled in Microsoft 365.

Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration

The devices enrolled in Microsoft Endpoint Manager are configured as shown in the following table.

The device compliance policies in Microsoft Endpoint Manager are configured as shown in the following table.

The device compliance policies have the assignments shown in the following table.

The Mark devices with no compliance policy assigned as setting is set to Compliant.

Requirements

Technical Requirements

Contoso identifies the following technical requirements:

- Use the principle of least privilege

- Enable User1 to assign the Reports reader role to users

- Ensure that User6 approves Customer Lockbox requests as quickly as possible

- Ensure that User9 can enable and configure Azure AD Privileged Identity Management

HOTSPOT

You are evaluating which devices are compliant in Endpoint Manager.

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

48. HOTSPOT

Which policies apply to which devices? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

49. Your company uses Microsoft Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). You enable the delayed deployment of updates for an Azure ATP sensor named Sensor1.

How long after the Azure ATP cloud service is updated will Sensor1 be updated?

50. DRAG DROP

You have a Microsoft 365 subscription. All users use Microsoft Exchange Online. Microsoft 365 is configured to use the default policy settings without any custom rules. You manage message hygiene.

Where are suspicious email messages placed by default? To answer, drag the appropriate location to the correct message types. Each option may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.