{"id":57008,"date":"2021-12-01T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=57008"},"modified":"2024-02-22T13:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:07:33","slug":"jumpcloud-agent-support-for-active-directory-bound-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/jumpcloud-agent-support-for-active-directory-bound-devices","title":{"rendered":"JumpCloud Agent Support For AD-Bound Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sometimes determine that it\u2019s best to keep Active Directory (AD), despite the challenges a remote workforce full of diverse devices and resource requirements presents. But change and modernization aren\u2019t always all or nothing<\/em> propositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To better support organizations leveraging Active Directory device management<\/a>, the JumpCloud\u00ae agent can now coexist with devices that have domain bindings. This makes it possible to manage and secure devices while maintaining legacy infrastructure, while also delivering the added benefit of deploying JumpCloud without having to un-join devices from the domain controller to have secure, centralized access control and visibility everywhere users work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can be difficult to manage devices that are being used in home offices. Remote devices that are outside of the corporate network become a veritable forest of silos, because neither Active Directory nor Microsoft ADFS can manage them on their own. Many IT admins struggle to schedule time with employees to share a screen, log the target device into the VPN, and manually perform maintenance tasks such as forced reboots, software updates, and policy changes. That\u2019s no longer necessary with this enhancement, which streamlines remote device management <\/a>and lifecycle management tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are three main benefits that arise from the combination of JumpCloud and Active Directory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n