What are devices in Azure AD?

Question

This Question is from my part of learning Azure.

I heard that the Devices in Azure AD are registered typically personally owned or mobile devices and assigned with a personal Microsoft account or another local environment.

I was logged into my laptop with my personal Microsoft account but my device is not being registered.
How the device will be registered into the Azure AD?

Answer 1

Hello @NFSCoder-9821

Azure devices are when they are Azure AD joined and Azure AD registered.

Azure AD joined

Any organization can deploy Azure AD joined devices no matter the size or industry. Azure AD join works even in hybrid environments, enabling access to both cloud and on-premises apps and resources.

Azure AD joined devices are signed in to using an organizational Azure AD account. Access to resources can be controlled based on Azure AD account and Conditional Access policies applied to the device.

For more information about AAD joined: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/concept-azure-ad-join

Azure AD registered

The goal of Azure AD registered - also known as Workplace joined - devices is to provide your users with support for bring your own device (BYOD) or mobile device scenarios. In these scenarios, a user can access your organization’s resources using a personal device.

For more information about AAD registered: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/concept-azure-ad-register

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To answer your questions:

1) I was logged into my laptop with my personal Microsoft account but my device is not being registered.

If you register your laptop with a person Microsoft account, you will see your devices under your Microsoft account (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/manage-devices-used-with-your-microsoft-account-d4044995-81db-b24b-757e-1102d148f441)

2) How the device will be registered into the Azure AD?

If you set up your account using your organization apps (such as Teams) you can allow the organization to manage that PC (Azure AD registered). This has to do with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) and Microsoft Application Manager (MAM).

If you want to register your device with your organization (your Azure AD) you can follow:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/register-your-personal-device-on-your-work-or-school-network-8803dd61-a613-45e3-ae6c-bd1ab25bf8a8

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