Exam MS-500 topic 2 question 46 discussion

The answer is correct. Although bare in mind you can use the Exchange Online Protection standalone for On-premises email servers and Hybrid scenarios. But this wasn't an answer. The closest was defender for 365. That only applies to 365 and would still require mailboxes to be migrated whereas EOP standalone wouldn't. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/standalone-eop/standalone-eop

Note: For Mailbox Intelligence to work, recipient mailboxes must be hosted in Exchange Online https://practical365.com/getting-the-most-out-of-microsoft-defender-for-office-365-policies/

The answer is C. Select Directory extension attribute sync in Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect (Azure AD Connect). Mailbox intelligence is a feature of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 that uses the contact history learned from mailboxes to help protect users from impersonation attacks. In order to enable mailbox intelligence, you need to select Directory extension attribute sync in Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect (Azure AD Connect). This will ensure that the contact history from on-premises mailboxes is synced to the cloud. The other options are incorrect. Option A is incorrect because attribute filtering is used to control which attributes are synced from on-premises to the cloud. It is not required to enable mailbox intelligence. Option B is incorrect because the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 add-on is not required to enable mailbox intelligence. It is only required if you want to use the advanced features of Microsoft Defender for Office 365. Option D is incorrect because migrating the on-premises mailboxes to Exchange Online is not required to enable mailbox intelligence. Therefore, the correct answer is C.

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D is correct!

Mailbox intelligence is only available for Exchange Online mailboxes.

D is correct: Policies to configure anti-phishing protection settings are available in Microsoft 365 organizations with Exchange Online mailboxes, standalone Exchange Online Protection (EOP) organizations without Exchange Online mailboxes, and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 organizatio https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/set-up-anti-phishing-policies?view=o365-worldwide

It has to be either A or C as the E5 license already has the necessary capabilities, and Microsoft Defender is available for on-prem mailboxes.

B. Purchase the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 add-on Mailbox Intelligence is part of the Anti-phishing policies in Defender for Office 365. Anti-phishing policies in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 are only available in organizations that have Defender for Office 365. For example: Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5, Microsoft 365 Education A5, etc. Microsoft 365 Enterprise Microsoft 365 Business Microsoft Defender for Office 365 as an add-on Microsoft Defender is available for hybrid environments, there is no need to migrate the mailboxes to Exchange Online.