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You have a Microsoft Entra tenant named contoso.com. You plan to collaborate with a partner organization that has a Microsoft Entra tenant named fabrikam.com. Fabrikam.com uses the following…

The correct answer is D. GCP, Microsoft accounts, and Microsoft Entra ID. All three identity providers (GCP, Microsoft accounts, and Microsoft Entra ID) support cross-tenant access settings for B2B collaboration, making option D correct. Microsoft's Cross-tenant access settings are designed to work with any external identity that a partner…

Submitted by obi.ng· Mar 6, 2026Secure identity and access

Question

You have a Microsoft Entra tenant named contoso.com. You plan to collaborate with a partner organization that has a Microsoft Entra tenant named fabrikam.com. Fabrikam.com uses the following identity providers: - Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Microsoft accounts - Microsoft Entra ID You need to configure the Cross-tenant access settings for B2B collaboration. Which identity providers support cross-tenant access?

Options

  • AMicrosoft Entra ID only
  • BGCP and Microsoft Entra ID only
  • CMicrosoft accounts and Microsoft Entra ID only
  • DGCP, Microsoft accounts, and Microsoft Entra ID

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    7% (2)
  • D
    90% (26)

Explanation

All three identity providers (GCP, Microsoft accounts, and Microsoft Entra ID) support cross-tenant access settings for B2B collaboration, making option D correct. Microsoft's Cross-tenant access settings are designed to work with any external identity that a partner organization federates with in their Entra tenant - this includes social identity providers like Google, personal Microsoft accounts, and federated Microsoft Entra ID users.

Options A, B, and C are incorrect because they each exclude at least one supported provider. Option A wrongly limits support to Entra ID alone, Option B incorrectly excludes Microsoft accounts, and Option C incorrectly excludes GCP - none of these exclusions reflect actual Microsoft documentation, which confirms all three are covered.

Memory tip: Think of cross-tenant access settings as a "trust the partner's front door" policy - whatever identity providers fabrikam.com trusts to authenticate its users (Google, Microsoft accounts, or Entra ID), contoso.com can extend B2B collaboration access to all of them through cross-tenant settings. If the partner supports it, you can collaborate with it.

Topics

#Microsoft Entra B2B#Cross-tenant access#Identity providers#External identities

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