Microsoft AZ-800 Exam - Topic 2 Question 83 Discussion

Actual exam question for Microsoft's AZ-800 exam

Question #: 83
Topic #: 2

Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com. The domain contains the computers shown in the following table.

On Server3, you create a Group Policy Object (GPO) named GP01 and link GPOI to contoso.com. GP01 includes a shortcut preference named Shortcut1 that has item-level targeting configured as shown in the following exhibit.

To which computer will Shortcut1 be applied?

AServer3 only

BComputer1 and Server3 only

CServer2 and Server3 only

DServer1, Server2, and Server3 only

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Suggested Answer: A

Group Policy Preferences support Item-Level Targeting (ILT), allowing a preference item to apply only when the target computer meets specified criteria, such as operating system family and version. The AZ-800 study content notes that when a GPO is linked at the domain level, scope is all domain computers, but ILT on a specific preference item restricts that item to clients that match the ILT filter; non-matching clients still process the GPO but skip the filtered item. In the Targeting Editor shown, the condition is ''the operating system is Windows Server 2022 Family.'' Among the listed machines: Computer1 (Windows 11), Server1 (Windows Server 2016), Server2 (Windows Server 2019), and Server3 (Windows Server 2022). Only Server3 satisfies the ILT. Therefore, the shortcut preference Shortcut1 is applied only to Server3.

by Clemencia at May 02, 2026, 03:29 PM

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I think Shortcut1 will only apply to Server3 since it's linked directly there, but I'm not entirely sure about the item-level targeting.

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