SC-200 Practice Question 3812

Exam: SC-200
Domain: Respond to security incidents
Difficulty: medium
In Microsoft Defender for Office 365, what is the effect of triggering a "Soft Delete" on an active email threat during remediation?

Answer Options

A
Moves message to Recoverable Items (Deletions), hiding it while preserving compliance
B
Permanently obliterates the message with zero recovery possible
C
Forwards the email to all employees in the company
D
Prints the email on the default network printer

Correct Answer

A: Moves message to Recoverable Items (Deletions), hiding it while preserving compliance

Explanation

A soft delete moves the malicious message from the user inbox to the Recoverable Items (Deletions) folder, removing it from user view while preserving it for compliance.