Microsoft Microsoft Certifications MS-203 Questions & Answers

• Question 181:

  You need to ensure that all email messages received from an organization named contoso.com are encrypted by using TLS.

  A. See explanation below.

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  Correct Answer: A

  Navigate to Mail flow in the Exchange Admin Center, > Connectors.

  The Connectors screen appears.

  Click +Add a connector. The New connector screen appears.

  

  Under Connection from, choose Partner organization.

  

  Click Next. The Connector name screen appears.

  Provide a name for the connector and click Next. The Authenticating sent email screen appears.

  Choose one of the two options between By verifying that the sender domain matches one of the following domains and By verifying that the IP address of the sending server matches one of the following IP addresses, which belong to your

  partner organization.

  Click Next. The Security restrictions screen appears.

  Check the check box for Reject email messages if they aren't sent over TLS.

  Check the check box for Reject email messages if they aren't sent from within this IP address range, and provide the IP address range.

  Click Next. The Review connector screen appears.

  Review the settings you have configured, and click Create connector.

• Question 182:

  Users report that email disclaimers are no longer being appended to email messages sent to external recipients.

  You need to ensure that all email sent to external recipients contains your corporate disclaimer.

  A. See explanation below.

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  C. PlaceHolder

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  Correct Answer: A

  In the Microsoft 365 admin center, choose Admin centers > Exchange.

  Open the EAC and go to Mail flow > Rules.

  Click Add +, and then click Apply disclaimers.

  

  In the New rule window that appears, enter a unique name the rule.

  In the Apply this rule if box, select the conditions for displaying the disclaimer. For example, select The recipient is located condition, and then select Outside the organization. If you want this rule to apply to every message that enters or

  leaves your organization, select [Apply to all messages].

  Next to the Do the following box, select Enter text to enter the text of your disclaimer.

  Click Select one, and select one of the Fallback options if the disclaimer can't be added.

  Specify the audit severity level to assign the severity level that appears in the message log.

  Select the mode for the rule. Select Enforce to turn on the disclaimer immediately, or select Test without Policy Tips to put a message in the message tracking log instead of adding the disclaimer.

  If you have additional conditions or exceptions that you want to add, select More options at the bottom of the page, which will show additional settings. For example, to add the exception that prevents multiple disclaimers being added in an

  email conversation, select Add exception and then select The subject or body > Subject or body matches these text patterns, and then specify the words or phrases in your disclaimer. Or, to put your disclaimer at the top of the email

  message instead of the bottom, in Do the following, select Apply a disclaimer to the message > prepend a disclaimer.

  When you're finished, click Save.

• Question 183:

  You need to ensure that a notification email is sent to [email protected] when a user marks an email message as Not Junk in Microsoft Outlook.

  A. See explanation below.

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  Correct Answer: A

  Go to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal and under Email and collaboration select Policies and rules > Alert policy.

  An alert policy consists of the following settings and conditions.

  Activity the alert is tracking. You create a policy to track an activity or in some cases a few related activities, such a sharing a file with an external user by sharing it, assigning access permissions, or creating an anonymous link. When a

  user performs the activity defined by the policy, an alert is triggered based on the alert threshold settings.

  Activity conditions. For most activities, you can define additional conditions that must be met to trigger an alert. Common conditions include IP addresses (so that an alert is triggered when the user performs the activity on a computer with a

  specific IP address or within an IP address range), whether an alert is triggered if a specific user or users perform that activity, and whether the activity is performed on a specific file name or URL. You can also configure a condition that

  triggers an alert when the activity is performed by any user in your organization. The available conditions are dependent on the selected activity.

  You can also define user tags as a condition of an alert policy. This results in the alerts triggered by the policy to include the context of the impacted user. You can use system user tags or custom user tags.

  When the alert is triggered. You can configure a setting that defines how often an activity can occur before an alert is triggered. This allows you to set up a policy to generate an alert every time an activity matches the policy conditions, when

  a certain threshold is exceeded, or when the occurrence of the activity the alert is tracking becomes unusual for

  your organization.If you select the setting based on unusual activity, Microsoft establishes a baseline value that defines the normal frequency for the selected activity. It takes up to seven days to establish this baseline, during which alerts

  won't be generated. After the baseline is established, an alert is triggered when the frequency of the activity tracked by the alert policy greatly exceeds the baseline value. For auditing-related activities (such as file and folder activities), you

  can establish a baseline based on a single user or based on all users in your organization; for malware-related activities, you can establish a baseline based on a single malware family, a single recipient, or all messages in your organization.

  Alert category. To help with tracking and managing the alerts generated by a policy, you can assign one of the following categories to a policy.

  1.

  Data loss prevention

  2.

  Information governance

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  Mail flow

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  Permissions

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  Threat management

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  Others

  When an activity occurs that matches the conditions of the alert policy, the alert that's generated is tagged with the category defined in this setting. This allows you to track and manage alerts that have the same category setting on the Alerts

  page in the compliance center because you can sort and filter alerts based on category.

  Alert severity. Similar to the alert category, you assign a severity attribute (Low, Medium, High, or Informational) to alert policies. Like the alert category, when an activity occurs that matches the conditions of the alert policy, the alert that's

  generated is tagged with the same severity level that's set for the alert policy. Again, this allows you to track and manage alerts that have the same severity setting on the Alerts page. For example, you can filter the list of alerts so that only

  alerts with a High severity are displayed.

  Email notifications. You can set up the policy so that email notifications are sent (or not sent) to a list of users when an alert is triggered. You can also set a daily notification limit so that once the maximum number of notifications has been

  reached, no more notifications are sent for the alert during that day. In addition to email notifications, you or other

  administrators can view the alerts that are triggered by a policy on the Alerts page.

  Consider enabling email notifications for alert policies of a specific category or that have a higher severity setting.

• Question 184:

  You need to prevent email messages that contain attachments that have the .js file extension from being delivered to any recipients in your organization.

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

  A. See explanation below.

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  C. PlaceHolder

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  Correct Answer: A

  1.

  Go to Mail flow > Rules.

  2.

  Create the rule by using one of the following options:

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  To create a rule from a template, click Add and select a template.

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  To copy a rule, select the rule, and then select Copy .

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  To create a new rule from scratch, Add and then select Create a new rule.

  3.

  In the New rule dialog box, name the rule, and then select the conditions and actions for this rule:

  -In Apply this rule if..., select the condition you want from the list of available conditions: Some conditions require you to specify values. For example, if you select The sender is... condition, you must specify a sender address. If you're adding a word or phrase, note that trailing spaces are not allowed. If the condition you want isn't listed, or if you need to add exceptions, select More options. Additional conditions and exceptions will be listed. If you don't want to specify a condition, and want this rule to apply to every message in your organization, select [Apply to all messages] condition.

  - In Do the following..., select the action you want the rule to take on messages matching the criteria from the list of available actions: Some of the actions will require you to specify values. For example, if you select the Forward the message for approval to... condition, you will need to select a recipient in your organization. If the condition you want isn't listed, select More options. Additional conditions will be listed.

  - Specify how rule match data for this rule is displayed in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) reports and the Mail protection reports.

  - Set the mode for the rule. You can use one of the two test modes to test the rule without impacting mail flow. In both test modes, when the conditions are met, an entry is added to the message trace: Enforce: This turns on the rule and it starts processing messages immediately. All actions on the rule will be performed. Test with Policy Tips: This turns on the rule, and any Policy Tip actions ( Notify the sender with a Policy Tip) will be sent, but no actions related to message delivery will be performed. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is required in order to use this mode. Test without Policy Tips: Only the Generate incident report action will be enforced. No actions related to message delivery are performed.

  Exchange Online admins can create mail flow rules in the Exchange admin center (EAC) at Mail flow > Rules. You need permissions to do this procedure. After you start to create a new rule, you can see the full list of attachment-related conditions by clicking More options > Any attachment under Apply this rule if. The attachment-related options are shown in the following diagram.

  

  Reference:

  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/security-and-compliance/mail-flow-rules/manage-mail-flow-rules

  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/security-and-compliance/mail-flow-rules/inspect-message-attachments

• Question 185:

  You need to prevent email messages from a domain named fabrikam.com from being delivered to the mailboxes of your organization.

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

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  Correct Answer: A

  1.

  In the Microsoft 365 Defender portal at https://security.microsoft.com, go to Email and Collaboration > Policies and Rules > Threat policies > Anti-spam in the Policies section. To go directly to the Anti-spam policies page, use https:// security.microsoft.com/antispam.

  2.

  On the Anti-spam policies page, click Create policy and then select Inbound from the drop down list.

  3.

  The policy wizard opens. On the Name your policy page, configure these settings:

  -Name: Enter a unique, descriptive name for the policy.

  -Description: Enter an optional description for the policy.

  When you're finished, click Next.

  4.

  On the Users, groups, and domains page that appears, identify the internal recipients that the policy applies to (recipient conditions):

  -Users: The specified mailboxes, mail users, or mail contacts in your organization.

  -Groups: The specified distribution groups, mail-enabled security groups, or Microsoft 365 Groups in your organization.

  -Domains: All recipients in the specified accepted domains in your organization.

  Click in the appropriate box, start typing a value, and select the value that you want from the results. Repeat this process as many times as necessary. To remove an existing value, click remove × next to the value.

  For users or groups, you can use most identifiers (name, display name, alias, email address, account name, etc.), but the corresponding display name is shown in the results. For users, enter an asterisk (*) by itself to see all available

  values. Multiple values in the same condition use OR logic (for example, or ). Different conditions use AND logic (for example, and ).

  - Exclude these users, groups, and domains: To add exceptions for the internal recipients that the policy applies to (recipient exceptions), select this option and configure the exceptions. The settings and behavior are exactly like the

  conditions. When you're finished, click Next.

  5. On the Bulk email threshold and spam properties page that appears, configure the following settings:

  - Bulk email threshold: Specifies the bulk complaint level (BCL) of a message that triggers the specified action for the Bulk spam filtering verdict that you configure on the next page (greater than the specified value, not greater than or equal

  to). A higher value indicates the message is less desirable (more likely to resemble spam). The default value is 7. For more information, see Bulk complaint level (BCL) in EOP and What's the difference between junk email and bulk email?. By default, the PowerShell only setting MarkAsSpamBulkMail is On in anti-spam policies. This setting dramatically affects the results of a Bulk filtering verdict: MarkAsSpamBulkMail is On: A BCL that's greater than the threshold is converted to an SCL 6 that corresponds to a filtering verdict of Spam, and the action for the Bulk filtering verdict is taken on the message. MarkAsSpamBulkMail is Off: The message is stamped with the BCL, but no action is taken for a Bulk filtering verdict. In effect, the BCL threshold and Bulk filtering verdict action are irrelevant.

  -Increase spam score, Mark as spam* and Test mode: Advanced Spam Filter (ASF) settings that are turned off by default.

  The Contains specific languages and from these countries settings are not part of ASF.

  - Contains specific languages: Click the box and select On or Off from the drop down list. If you turn it on, a box appears. Start typing the name of a language in the box. A filtered list of supported languages will appear. When you find the language that you're looking for, select it. Repeat this step as many times as necessary. To remove an existing value, click remove × next to the value.

  - From these countries*: Click the box and select On or Off from the drop down list. If you turn it on, a box appears. Start typing the name of a country in the box. A filtered list of supported countries will appear. When you find the country

  that you're looking for, select it. Repeat this step as many times as necessary. To remove an existing value, click remove × next to the value. When you're finished, click Next.

  6. On the Actions page that appears, configure the following settings:

  -Message actions: Select or review the action to take on messages based on the following spam filtering verdicts: Spam High confidence spam Phishing High confidence phishing Bulk

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  Retain spam in quarantine for this many days: Specifies how long to keep the message in quarantine if you selected Quarantine message as the action for a spam filtering verdict. After the time period expires, the message is deleted, and is not recoverable. A valid value is from 1 to 30 days.

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  Add this X-header text: This box is required and available only if you selected Add X-header as the action for a spam filtering verdict. The value you specify is the header field name that's added to the message header. The header field value is always This message appears to be spam.

  - Prepend subject line with this text: This box is required and available only if you selected Prepend subject line with text as the action for a spam filtering verdict. Enter the text to add to the beginning of the message's subject line.

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  Redirect to this email address: This box is required and available only if you selected the Redirect message to email address as the action for a spam filtering verdict. Enter the email address where you want to deliver the message. You can enter multiple values separated by semicolons (;).

  -Enable safety Tips: By default, Safety Tips are enabled, but you can disable them by clearing the checkbox.

  - Enable zero-hour auto purge (ZAP): ZAP detects and takes action on messages that have already been delivered to Exchange Online mailboxes.

  ZAP is turned on by default. When ZAP is turned on, the following settings are available: Enable ZAP for phishing messages: By default, ZAP is enabled for phishing detections, but you can disable it by clearing the checkbox. Enable ZAP for spam messages: By default, ZAP is enabled for spam detections, but you can disable it by clearing the checkbox.

  When you're finished, click Next.

  7. On the Allow and block list flyout that appears, you are able to configure message senders by email address or email domain that are allowed to skip spam filtering. In the Allowed section, you can configure allowed senders and allowed domains. In the Blocked section, you can add blocked senders and blocked domains. The steps to add entries to any of the lists are the same:

  -Click the link for the list that you want to configure: Allowed > Senders: Click Manage (nn) sender(s). Allowed > Domains: Click Allow domains. Blocked > Senders: Click Manage (nn) sender(s). Blocked > Domains: Click Block domains.

  -In the flyout that appears, do the following steps: Click + Add senders or Add domains. In the Add senders or Add domains flyout that appears, enter the sender's email address in the Sender box or the domain in the Domain box. As you're typing, the value appears below the box. When you're finished typing the email address or domain, select the value below the box. Repeat the previous step as many times as necessary. To remove an existing value, click remove × next to the value.

  When you're finished, click Add senders or Add domains.

  - Back on the main flyout, the senders or domains that you added are listed on the page. To remove an entry from this page, do the following steps: Select one or more entries from the list. You can also use the Search box to find values in the list. After you select at least one entry, the delete icon appears Click the delete icon to remove the selected entries

  When you're finished, click Done.

  Back on the Allow and block list page, click Next when you're read to continue.

  8.

  On the Review page that appears, review your settings. You can select Edit in each section to modify the settings within the section. Or you can click Back or select the specific page in the wizard. When you're finished, click Create.

  9.

  On the confirmation page that appears, click Done.

  Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/configure-your-spam-filter-policies?view=o365-worldwide

• Question 186:

  You need to ensure that all email messages in the mailbox of a user named Pradeep Gupta are retained for 90 days.

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

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  Correct Answer: A

  1.

  Go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and then click Users > Active users.

  2.

  Select Pradeep Gupta.

  

  3. On the properties flyout page, click the Mail tab, and then under More actions, click Manage litigation hold.

  4. On the Manage litigation hold flyout page, select the Turn on litigation hold checkbox and then enter the following optional information:

  Hold duration (days): Use this box to create a time-based hold and specify how long mailbox items are held when the mailbox is placed on Litigation hold. The duration is calculated from the date a mailbox item is received or created. When

  the hold duration expires for a specific item, that item will no longer be preserved. If you leave this box blank, items are preserved indefinitely or until the hold is removed. Configure 90 days.

  Note visible to the user: Use this box to inform the user their mailbox is on Litigation hold. The note will appear on the Account Information page in the user's mailbox if they're using Outlook 2010 or later. To access this page, users can

  click File in Outlook.

  Web page with more information for the user: Use this box to direct the user to a website for more information about Litigation hold. This URL appears on the Account Information page in the user's mailbox if they are using Outlook 2010 or

  later. To access this page, users can click File in Outlook.

  Click Save changes on the Litigation hold flyout page to create the hold.

  The system displays a banner saying it might take up to 240 minutes for the change to take effect.

  Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/create-a-litigation-hold?view=o365-worldwide

• Question 187:

  You need to ensure that all email messages received from an organization named contoso.com are encrypted by using TLS.

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

  A. See explanation below.

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  Correct Answer: A

  1.

  Navigate to Mail flow in the Exchange Admin Center, > Connectors. The Connectors screen appears.

  2.

  Click +Add a connector. The New connector screen appears.

  

  3. Under Connection from, choose Partner organization.

  4.

  Click Next. The Connector name screen appears.

  5.

  Provide a name for the connector and click Next. The Authenticating sent email screen appears.

  6.

  Choose one of the two options between By verifying that the sender domain matches one of the following domains and By verifying that the IP address of the sending server matches one of the following IP addresses, whichbelong to your partner organization.

  7.

  Click Next. The Security restrictions screen appears.

  8.

  Check the check box for Reject email messages if they aren't sent over TLS.

  9.

  Check the check box for Reject email messages if they aren't sent from within this IP address range, and provide the IP address range.

  10.Click Next. The Review connector screen appears.

  11.Review the settings you have configured, and click Create connector.

  Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mail-flow-best-practices/use-connectors-to-configure-mail-flow/set-up-connectors-for-secure-mail-flow-with-a-partner

• Question 188:

  You need to reduce the likelihood that malicious links contained in emails received by mailboxes in @lab.CloudCredential(1).TenantName are opened.

  To complete this task, sign in to the Exchange admin center.

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  Correct Answer: A

  1.

  Navigate to the Exchange Admin Center, and then choose the Advanced Threats section of the EAC.

  2.

  Click the Safe Links tab to examine all existing Safe Links policies:

  3.

  After navigating to the Safe Links policy page, choose the Add button (+) to create a new policy. The New Safe Links Policy window opens.

  -In the resulting window we’ll be presented with the options available for creating our new Safe Links policy.

  4.

  In Name enter an appropriate, unique, name that describes this policy. In the description enter some text that provides a little more detail for anyone trying to make sense of the options selected here.

  5.

  Next we’ll choose the action to take for URLs. We can leave this Off, if for example we are creating a policy to exclude a group of users that would otherwise be affected by another Safe Links policy.

  6.

  The checkbox Do not track user click can be selected if you do not wish to use the reporting functionality available at a later date. This is a key feature when understanding which users clicked a link that was later found to be a threat, so be careful about choosing to disable user click tracking.

  7.

  Our final check box provides options for click-through is a link is found to be dangerous. In some circumstances you may trust users to click-through links, or they may request the ability to do so. In most circumstances you will not want a user to click-through the malicious link.

  8.

  Some URLs, such as those for internal addresses or even trusted partners, may not require re-writing. Enter these URLs here.

  9.

  Finally, we will select the scope for the rule under the Applied to section.

  10.Using similar conditions to transport rules we can select who this rule applies to including:

  -Individual recipients

  -Recipient domains

  -Members of distribution groups 11.The same conditions can be used for exceptions. When you have configured your rule, choose Save.

  After saving the new Safe Links rule it will be shown in the EAC list. Just like Transport Rules, you can use the Enabled column to enable or disable the Safe Links policy.

  Reference: https://techgenix.com/implementing-exchange-online-advanced-threat-protection-part2/

• Question 189:

  You need to ensure that when emails containing an attachment that uses an .ace extension is sent to your company, the email is blocked. Each time an email is blocked, a notification must be sent to [email protected].

  To complete this task, sign in to the Exchange admin center.

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  Correct Answer: A

  1.

  In the EAC, in the left navigation pane, select mail flow, and then select rules.

  2.

  Select New (+), and then select Create a new rule.

  3.

  In the New Rule window, select More options.

  4.

  In the Name box, specify a name for the new rule.

  5.

  Select the *Apply this rule if drop-down list, point to Any attachment, and then select File extension includes these words.

  6.

  In the Specify words or phrases window, type the file name extension of any attachment that you want to block, and then select the plus symbol (+) to add the file name extension to the list. When the list is completed, select OK.

  7.

  Select the Do the following drop-down list, point to Block the message, and then select Reject the message and include an explanation or select Delete the message without notifying anyone.If it's required, add a statement to inform users who will receive the non-delivery report (NDR) of the reason that mail delivery failed, and then select OK.

  8.

  Specify any additional options such as rule auditing and rule activation or deactivation time, and then select Save.

  Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/troubleshoot/email-delivery/how-to-block-message-from-being-sent-or-received

• Question 190:

  You need to ensure that all emails sent from the users in your company to recipients who use a suffix of @fabnkam.com are encrypted by using Microsoft Office 365 Message Encryption (OME).

  To complete this task, sign in to the Exchange admin center.

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  Correct Answer: A

  1.

  In the Microsoft 365 admin center, choose Admin centers > Exchange.

  2.

  In the EAC, go to Mail flow > Rules and select New + > Create a new rule.

  3.

  In Name, type a name for the rule, such as Encrypt mail for [email protected].

  4.

  In Apply this rule if, select a condition, and enter a value if necessary. For example, to encrypt messages going to [email protected]: In Apply this rule if, select the recipient is. Select an existing name from the contact list or type a new email address in the check names box.

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  To select an existing name, select it from the list and then click OK.

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  To enter a new name, type an email address in the check names box and then select check names > OK.

  5.

  To add more conditions, choose More options and then choose add condition and select from the list. For example, to apply the rule only if the recipient is outside your organization, select add condition and then select The recipient is external/internal > Outside the organization > OK.

  6.

  To enable encryption using the new OME capabilities, from Do the following, select Modify the message security and then choose Apply Office 365 Message Encryption and rights protection. Select an RMS template from the list, choose Save, and then choose OK.

  Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/define-mail-flow-rules-to-encrypt-email?view=o365-worldwide