az-800 Practice Question 973

Exam: az-800
Domain: Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments
Topic: Deploy and manage AD DS domain controllers
Difficulty: medium
What is the primary purpose of Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC) in an Active Directory site?

Answer Options

A
It caches DNS lookups for Universal Groups.
B
It eliminates the need to place a Global Catalog server in every site to facilitate user logons.
C
It synchronizes group memberships directly to Azure AD.
D
It prevents unauthorized users from changing group memberships.

Correct Answer

B: It eliminates the need to place a Global Catalog server in every site to facilitate user logons.

Explanation

UGMC allows a domain controller to cache the universal group memberships of users. This eliminates the need for a Global Catalog server to be present in the site during user logon, which is particularly useful for branch offices with slow WAN links.