Topic 2, Contoso Ltd, (Case Study)
Current Environment:
Contoso uses Windows Server 2012 to run an on-premises server farm. All production workloads are virtualized.
The server farm runs entirely on-premises.
Current Licensing Solution
Contoso is in the first year of an Enterprise Agreement (EA) that includes Microsoft Office Professional Plus, Windows 10 Enterprise E3 per Device, and Microsoft Core-CAL Suite per user.
Software Assurance (SA) for the windows server was purchased through select SA expired nine month ago.
Business Goal:
Contoso has the following business goals.
・ Upgrade its serves to Windows Server 2016.
・ Outsource the implementation and management of cloud services.
・ Ensure that only authorized users can access computing environments, data and applications
・ Leverage its existing investment in on-premises products to reduce the overall cost of online services.
Planned Changes
Contoso plans to implement the following changes:
・ Evaluate whether to move the sales employees to Microsoft 365 Enterprise in month seven of the EA.
・ Extend the server farm to the cloud and deploy Azure Virtual Machine for backup and production purpose.
・ Implement an on-premises platform to protect the company’s network from advanced targeted attacks by using technologies such as machine learning.
・ Implement security measures and privacy policies to protect its computers and to detect investigate and respond to advanced attacks by using a combination of software and cloud services.
・ Implement Microsoft Dynamic 365 throughout the company so that employees have access only to the functionality required for their role:
o Administrative employees require basic Dynamic functionality
o Customer Service employees require access to core functionality for sales and customer service.
You need to recommend a solution to help Contoso thwart future cyberattacks. The solution must meet the business goals and support the planned changes.
What should you recommend?
A. Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 and Office 365 Proplus
B. Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 and Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suit.
C. Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 and Windows 10 Enterprise E5
D. Operations Management and Security E2
Answer: A