We have had the possibility for many years to join a machine to an Active Directory domain. With cloud services (Office 365, Azure AD, …) identity management has become a very important point. Microsoft implemented in Windows 10, the functionality Azure AD Join (previously Workplace Join) allowing the junction of the machine in Azure AD Join.
Several hybridization scenarios can be implemented:
- Device Writeback : To allow a computer join to Azure AD to access internal resources.
- Azure AD hybrid : This scenario allows a computer attached to an AD domain to access cloud resources.