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Your organization has a Microsoft 365 subscription that contains Microsoft SharePoint sites and Microsoft Teams teams.
You discover that the sites and the teams are shared to users outside your organization.
You need to identify which sites and teams were shared to the external users.
What should you use?
The correct answer is A. the SharePoint admin center. Microsoft documents that the SharePoint admin center includes Data access governance reports and site-level sharing reports that help administrators identify where content is shared externally. Microsoft also documents that every standard Microsoft Teams team is connected to a SharePoint site for file storage and collaboration. Because Teams files and many sharing scenarios for teams are backed by SharePoint sites, the SharePoint admin center is the correct place to investigate which sites are shared externally, including Teams-connected SharePoint sites.
Your organization has a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.
You need to ensure that a third-party cloud service can authenticate to Microsoft Entra.
What should you configure?
The correct answer is D. an app registration. Microsoft Learn states that to delegate identity and access management functions to Microsoft Entra ID, an application must be registered with a Microsoft Entra tenant. When you register an application, you create its identity configuration in Microsoft Entra, and a corresponding service principal is created so the application can authenticate and integrate with the tenant. This is the standard Microsoft mechanism for allowing a third-party cloud service or app to authenticate to Microsoft Entra.
You need to identify files and emails that contain social security numbers (SSNs) and credit card numbers. What should you use in the Microsoft Purview portal?
The correct answer is B. Data explorer. Microsoft Learn states that Data explorer in Microsoft Purview shows a current snapshot of items that have been classified as a sensitive information type in your organization. Microsoft's sensitive information type documentation specifically lists examples such as social security numbers and credit card numbers, which means Data explorer is the appropriate portal feature for identifying files and emails that contain those data types. Data explorer is designed to help administrators see where sensitive data exists across supported Microsoft 365 locations.
The other options are less appropriate for this task. Information Protection reports focus more broadly on label and protection reporting. Information Protection policies are for configuring classification and protection behavior, not for finding existing files and emails containing SSNs or credit card numbers. Activity explorer is primarily used to review user and policy-related activities, such as label changes or DLP events, rather than to provide the direct sensitive-data inventory view requested here. Since the question asks to identify the files and emails containing specific sensitive information types, Microsoft's documented answer is Data explorer.
Your company has a Microsoft SharePoint site named Site1. Site1 contains all the policies of the company s HR department. The policies are saved as Microsoft Word documents.
All users have read access to Site1.
The HR department manager reports that user requests about the policies are NOT being addressed in a timely manner, especially around major holidays.
You need to recommend a solution to enable the users to find the HR department policies. The solution must provide the users with a list of common queries and ensure that responses are grounded only in Site1.
What should you include in the recommendation?
The correct answer is C. a custom Microsoft 365 Copilot agent. Microsoft Learn explains that Agent Builder in Microsoft 365 Copilot lets you create agents with specific instructions, dedicated knowledge sources, and starter prompts. Starter prompts are designed to help users understand the most common supported scenarios, which directly matches the requirement to provide users with a list of common queries. Microsoft also documents that an agent can be grounded in selected SharePoint sites, folders, or files, allowing the response scope to be targeted to the HR policy content in Site1 rather than broad enterprise or web data.
The other options do not fit the requirement. Copilot in Word is document-focused and is not intended to create a reusable, shared query experience grounded only in one SharePoint source. Copilot notebooks group materials and chats, but they are not the right tool for publishing a guided HR policy assistant with starter prompts. Researcher is designed for broader, multi-step research using work data and web content, so it does not satisfy the requirement to keep answers grounded only in Site1.
Your organization has a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. You create a Microsoft Purview sensitivity label named Label1. You need to ensure that users can apply Label1 to files in Microsoft 365. What should you use?
The correct answer is D. a sensitivity label policy. In Microsoft Purview, creating a sensitivity label by itself does not make it available to users. Microsoft Learn states that after you create sensitivity labels, you must publish them by creating a label policy so that users and groups can see and apply those labels in Microsoft 365 apps and services. Publishing controls which labels are available and to whom they are shown. This is why a sensitivity label policy is required to ensure that users can apply Label1 to files.
The other options do not meet the requirement. Auto-labeling policies apply labels automatically when content matches conditions, but they are not the primary mechanism for simply making a label available for user selection. A trainable classifier is used to identify content categories, not to publish a label. A retention label policy publishes retention labels for records and lifecycle purposes, which is different from sensitivity labeling for classification and protection. Therefore, the correct Microsoft-documented method to let users apply Label1 to files is to publish it using a sensitivity label policy.
Your organization has a Microsoft 365 subscription.
All users have Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.
You need to identify where sensitive content is being used during Copilot interactions, analyze the content usage patterns, and provide recommendations on applying the appropriate protections.
What should you use?
The correct answer is B. the Microsoft Purview DSPM for AI solution. Microsoft documents that Data Security Posture Management for AI (DSPM for AI) in Microsoft Purview provides a central place to secure data for AI apps and proactively monitor AI use, including Copilots and agents. Microsoft also states that DSPM for AI helps organizations identify where sensitive content is used in AI interactions, review Copilot prompts and responses, analyze usage patterns, assess exposure and oversharing risks, and get recommendations for protections such as sensitivity labels and DLP policy coverage.
The other options do not fit this requirement. Microsoft Viva Insights focuses on productivity and work-pattern analytics, not sensitive-data protection in Copilot interactions. Microsoft Security Copilot is a security assistant for analysts, not the Purview governance solution that analyzes sensitive content use in Copilot and recommends data protections. Insider Risk Management is for identifying risky user behavior, not for broad AI interaction posture analysis and protection recommendations. Microsoft specifically positions DSPM for AI as the ''front door'' for discovering, monitoring, and protecting AI-related data usage in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Your organization has a Microsoft 365 subscription.
You need to assign a license to a user.
What should you use?
The correct answer is B. the Microsoft 365 admin center. Microsoft documents that administrators assign product licenses to users from the Microsoft 365 admin center, including on the Active users page where you can open a user account and manage Licenses and apps. Microsoft also documents license assignment workflows there for both direct assignment and group-based licensing scenarios. That makes the Microsoft 365 admin center the standard administrative portal for giving a user access to Microsoft 365 services and features.
The other options are incorrect for this task. The Microsoft Purview portal is used for compliance, governance, data protection, eDiscovery, audit, and related Purview solutions, not for assigning Microsoft 365 product licenses. The Microsoft Teams admin center is used to manage Teams settings, policies, devices, voice, and collaboration features, but it is not the central portal for assigning tenant product licenses to users.
Exam domains verified against: Official Microsoft AB-900 exam guide, last checked October 2026.
Learn to identify and configure core Microsoft 365 objects like users, groups, teams, sites, and libraries across Exchange Online, SharePoint, and Teams admin centers. Understand how license types affect feature access and recognize the roles and permissions needed for managing these resources.
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Explore Microsoft Purview capabilities including Information Protection, DLP, Insider Risk Management, and Data Lifecycle Management. Understand how Copilot accesses data, uses Microsoft Graph, and respects permissions to protect against data risks while maintaining responsible AI practices.
Compare built-in Copilot features and licensing models including monthly and pay-as-you-go options. Learn to assign licenses, monitor usage through Copilot Analytics, manage prompts, create agents, and configure user access using the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform admin centers.
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