Bring your own device: staff working on their own phones, tablets or laptops. Microsoft Entra ID normally registers these devices instead of joining them.
Also called bring your own device.
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Each book explains BYOD in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Microsoft Entra ID
Cloud identity service from Microsoft, previously named Azure AD, which provides the tenant behind Microsoft 365 and Azure.
Related terms
- Android Management API
The interface Google recommends for Android Enterprise; on devices, the Android Device Policy app enforces it. Intune runs corporate-owned devices on it already, and is migrating BYOD work profile devices too, replacing Company Portal there with the Microsoft Intune app.
- MAM
Short for mobile application management. Rather than enrolling a phone or laptop, Intune applies app protection policies to the work apps and their data, which suits personally owned BYOD devices.
- Microsoft Entra join
Registers devices owned by the organisation directly in Entra ID, governed by the Users may join devices setting; personal BYOD devices are registered instead.
- Microsoft Entra registration
The model used for personal (BYOD) devices. Registering gives the device an identity in Microsoft Entra, letting its owner use company resources while continuing to sign in with their own personal account.