Microsoft Exam GH-100 Topic 7 Question 2 Discussion

Actual exam question for Microsoft's GH-100 exam

Question #: 2
Topic #: 7

[All GH-100 Questions]

Why is a GitHub App preferred over a PAT for machine authentication?

AGitHub Apps are required to pass SAML assertions

BGitHub Apps have time-limited installation tokens with scoped access

CPATs cannot be used in GitHub Actions

DPATs support fewer GitHub APIs than Apps

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Suggested Answer: B

GitHub Apps issue short-lived installation tokens that you scope to only the permissions and repositories your automation needs, reducing blast radius and automatically rotating credentials.

by Charlena at Aug 15, 2025, 07:55 AM

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