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A tenant administrator is managing a Microsoft 365 subscription. They want to ensure that all user data, including emails and documents, remains within a specific geographical region to comply with local data residency regulations. Which licensing add-on or feature would enable this capability?
- AMicrosoft 365 Compliance Manager
- BMicrosoft 365 Information Protection
- CMicrosoft 365 Multi-Geo Capabilities
- DMicrosoft 365 Advanced Threat Protection
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Correct answer: C. Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo Capabilities
Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo Capabilities is specifically designed to allow organizations to provision and store user data at rest in specified geographical locations (geo-locations), addressing data residency requirements.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Compliance Manager helps assess and manage compliance, but doesn't directly enforce data residency.
- B. Information Protection (now Microsoft Purview Information Protection) focuses on classifying, labeling, and protecting data, not its physical location at rest across regions.
- D. Advanced Threat Protection focuses on security threats, not data residency.
Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo Capabilities
An add-on feature that allows a single Microsoft 365 tenant to store user data at rest in multiple specified geographical locations.
- Addresses data residency requirements for global organizations.
- Available as an add-on to specific Microsoft 365 Enterprise subscriptions.
- Allows administrators to assign users to a preferred data location.
Memory trick: Multi-Geo keeps your data where you need it to go.