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Heather_Poulsen
Updated Dec 18, 2025
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Mar 18, 2026Brass Contributor
Context: Active Directory / Entra hybrid joined environment with E5 licenses, MDE and Autopilot used to onboard devices. Currently when we onboard devices they create duplicates in both Entra and MDE. But at least in Entra the duplicate devices wind up with the same device name. But when the duplicate devices show up in MDE their name begins with the generic "Desktop-*****", which I then need to constantly verify via reverse lookup using their MAC address and then follow the next step of excluding these from MDE as duplicates.
Please advise. Thanks.