Intune - Entra ID Join vs Entra ID Hybrid Join

This seems to be an older thread, but great to see it getting activity again 🙂

Over the last couple of years, a lot has changed, and we now have more capabilities that make Entra ID Join a viable primary option, even in environments that previously required Hybrid.

Some of the key shifts I’m seeing:

- Legacy authentication scenarios can now be addressed with Entra Kerberos (Kerberos Trust) for things like file shares as well as other ERP Applications.

- Cloud PKI reduces dependency on on-prem certificate infrastructure

- Intune CSPs / Settings Catalog have matured significantly, closing many of the gaps with traditional GPOs

- The majority of modern applications are now SSO-enabled using modern authentication

Because of this, more scenarios that used to require Hybrid can now be handled in a cloud-native way.