Q37 RBAC Domain 4 · 20–25% of exam

An application registers in Azure AD to call Microsoft Graph. What type of permissions should it request for background service-to-service calls (no user context)?

  1. A Delegated permissions (user context)
  2. B Application permissions (app-only, with admin consent) (correct answer)
  3. C Personal access tokens
  4. D Azure AD B2C scope

Shortcut: Application permissions (app roles) are granted with admin consent and allow the app to act as itself without a signed-in user. Delegated permissions require a user context (access token on behalf of user).