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A company is evaluating Microsoft 365. You need to identify concepts of using the principle of least privilege. Which two concepts should you identify? Each correct answer presents a complete…

The correct answer is A. Just-in-time access B. Just-enough-access. The principle of least privilege ensures users have only the minimum access needed, for only the time needed. Just-in-time and just-enough-access are the two core concepts that directly implement this principle.

Submitted by thandi_sa· Mar 5, 2026Describe security, compliance, privacy, and trust in Microsoft 365

Question

A company is evaluating Microsoft 365. You need to identify concepts of using the principle of least privilege. Which two concepts should you identify? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Options

  • AJust-in-time access
  • BJust-enough-access
  • CAzure AD multifactor authentication
  • DBlocking legacy authentication

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    80% (35)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    14% (6)

Why each option

The principle of least privilege ensures users have only the minimum access needed, for only the time needed. Just-in-time and just-enough-access are the two core concepts that directly implement this principle.

AJust-in-time accessCorrect

Just-in-time (JIT) access is a direct implementation of least privilege by granting elevated permissions only when needed and for a limited duration, reducing the attack surface from standing privileges - this is a foundational concept in Microsoft's Zero Trust and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) model.

BJust-enough-accessCorrect

Just-enough-access (JEA) directly embodies least privilege by ensuring users and accounts are granted only the specific permissions required to perform their role, nothing more, preventing over-provisioning and limiting the blast radius of compromised accounts.

CAzure AD multifactor authentication

Azure AD Multifactor Authentication is an identity verification and authentication strength control, not a mechanism for limiting the scope or duration of access permissions as defined by least privilege.

DBlocking legacy authentication

Blocking legacy authentication addresses a security vulnerability related to authentication protocols that cannot support modern MFA, which is a security hardening measure but not a concept of least privilege access scoping.

Concept tested: Principle of least privilege concepts in Microsoft 365

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/privileged-identity-management/pim-configure

Topics

#least privilege#just-in-time access#just-enough-access#Zero Trust

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