Best approach for migrating AD joined devices to Entra ID without wiping user profiles?

In many enterprise environments, avoiding wipe-and-reimage is actually the preferred approach.

Traditional migration methods often lead to profile loss, application reconfiguration, downtime, and poor user experience  especially when managing hundreds or thousands of devices.

A better strategy is preserving user profiles, applications, and settings while transitioning identity management to Microsoft Entra ID.

Starting with pilot devices, validating identity synchronization, checking compliance readiness, and planning rollback options before full rollout makes the migration much smoother and far more practical at scale.