A township runs only cloud identities and has no on-premises Active Directory. Which identity model does that describe?
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Short Explanation
If the township never stood up a local domain controller for staff accounts, the directory is living in the cloud. That is cloud identity in Entra ID. No on-prem AD, no hybrid sync story required.
Full Explanation
Cloud identity means accounts are created and managed primarily in Microsoft Entra ID without depending on an on-premises Active Directory for those identities. A township with no on-premises AD fits that model for Microsoft 365 access. Hybrid identity links on-premises and cloud directories; on-premises-only identity keeps accounts in AD DS; Conditional Access controls access decisions after identity exists.