SC-300 Certification Practice Question #148

Question

SIMULATION
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Use the following login credentials as needed:

To enter your username, place your cursor in the Sign in box and click on the username below.

To enter your password, place your cursor in the Enter password box and click on the password below.

Microsoft 365 Username:admin@XXYyz112233.onmicrosoft.com
Microsoft 365 Password: =1122334455667788

If the Microsoft 365 portal does not load successfully in the browser, press CTRL-K to reload the portal in a new browser tab.

The following information is for technical support purposes only:

Lab Instance: 99999999
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You need to lock out accounts for five minutes when they have 10 failed sign-in attempts.

To complete this task, sign in to the appropriate admin center.

Accepted Answer

This is a hands-on simulation, so the "answer" is the navigation path plus the two values. The requirement — lock accounts for five minutes after 10 failed attempts — maps directly to Microsoft Entra smart lockout. MS Learn states you configure these in the Microsoft Entra admin center under **Authentication methods > Password protection**, where you set **Lockout threshold** (failed sign-ins before lockout) and **Lockout duration in seconds**. Ten failed attempts = threshold 10; five minutes = 300 seconds. The lone community comment matches the docs exactly. Confidence is just under the top band because the exact menu label has shifted across portal revisions (Security/Protection vs Authentication methods), but the destination page and the two values are unambiguous.

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