Microsoft Endpoint Manager Notes

Chapter 6.3 - Planning Device Implementation

Plan Your Azure AD Join Implementation

  • Things to consider:
    • Review your scenarios
    • Review your identity infrastructure
    • Assess your device management
    • Understand considerations for applications and resources
    • Understand your provisioning options
    • Configure enterprise state roaming
    • Configure Conditional Access

Managing Users on Azure AD Joined Devices

  • Managing Local Admin Groups:
    • Azure AD adds the following security principals to the local admin group on the device:
      • Azure AD global administrator role
      • Azure AD joined device local administrator role
      • User performing the Azure AD join
    • Adding Azure AD roles to the local administrator role allows you to update the users that manage a device anytime in AAD without modifying anything on the device
  • Managing Regular Users:
    • To prevent regular users from becoming local administrators:
      • Windows Autopilot
      • Bulk enrollment

Plan Your Hybrid Azure AD Join Implementation

  • Things to consider:
    • Review supported devices
    • Review things you should know
    • Review targeted deployment of hybrid Azure AD join
    • Select your scenario based on your identity infrastructure
    • Review on-premises AD UPN support for hybrid Azure AD join

Configuring and Verifying Hybrid Azure AD Join

  • Configuring Hybrid Azure AD Join:
    • Ensure devices have access to the Microsoft websites from inside your network
      • This may require a proxy or use Web Proxy Auto-Discovery
    • Use Azure AD Connect to configure Hybrid Azure AD join for a manage domain
      • Make sure to complete the steps for SCP (Service Connection Point) configuration
    • For a federated environment, use an identity provider that is supported
      • Recommended to use AD FS
  • Verifying Hybrid Azure AD Join:
    • Locally on the device using PowerShell
      • Dsregcmd /status
      • Verify both AzureADjoined and DomainJoined are set to YES
    • Using Azure Portal
      • If Registered column says "Pending", the join hasn't completed
      • If Registered column contains a date/time, the join has completed
    • Using PowerShell
      • Get-MSolDevice
      • Value for DeviceTrustType is Domain Joined

Topic Summary

  • Planning Device Implementation
    • Azure AD Joined Devices
    • Hybrid Azure AD Joined Devices