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MS-102 · Question #106

You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. You need to ensure that administrators receive an email when Microsoft 365 Defender detects a sign-in from a risky IP address. What should you create?

The correct answer is B. an alert. To ensure administrators receive email notifications when Microsoft 365 Defender detects a sign-in from a risky IP address, you should create or configure an alert.

Submitted by andres_qro· Apr 18, 2026Manage security and threats by using Microsoft Defender XDR

Question

You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. You need to ensure that administrators receive an email when Microsoft 365 Defender detects a sign-in from a risky IP address. What should you create?

Options

  • Aa vulnerability notification rule
  • Ban alert
  • Can incident assignment filter
  • Dan incident notification rule

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • B
    89% (24)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    7% (2)

Why each option

To ensure administrators receive email notifications when Microsoft 365 Defender detects a sign-in from a risky IP address, you should create or configure an alert.

Aa vulnerability notification rule

A vulnerability notification rule is typically related to vulnerability management and patching, not specific real-time sign-in risk detections.

Ban alertCorrect

In Microsoft 365 Defender, alerts are generated for specific detections like risky IP sign-ins, and these alerts can be configured to send email notifications to administrators directly when triggered.

Can incident assignment filter

An incident assignment filter is used to automatically assign incidents to specific personnel, not to send email notifications for initial alert detections.

Dan incident notification rule

An incident notification rule sends emails when an incident (which aggregates alerts) is created or updated, but the most direct way to notify for a specific detection is via the alert itself.

Concept tested: Microsoft 365 Defender alert notification configuration

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender/alert-policies?view=o365-worldwide

Topics

#Microsoft 365 Defender#Security Alerts#Email Notifications#Risky Sign-ins

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