Last Updated on February 20, 2026 by Oktay Sari “The same kind of script is sorely needed for Defender. It uses hostname as the unique identifier for Macs so any device name change creates a new record and uses up a license. It’s bonkers.” That was Luke on LinkedIn, commenting on my Entra ID duplicate […]
Month: February 2026
The Hidden Life of Duplicate macOS Device Records in Entra ID
Last Updated on February 14, 2026 by Oktay Sari Picture this; You open the Entra ID portal, search for one of your managed Macs, and find three device records staring back at you. One says “MacMDM,” another says “macOS,” and the third looks like it hasn’t checked in since last summer. Which one is real? […]