"Workplace Join discovery failed" error with exit code 0x80072EFD

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Symptoms

When a user tries to perform a Workplace Join to their local Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain with a domain-joined computer that's connected to the corporate network, he or she receives the following error message:

Confirm you are using the current sign-in info, and that your workplace uses this feature. Also, the connection to your workplace might not be working right now. Please wait and try again.

Additionally, an administrator may see the following details in Event Viewer:

Event ID:	102
Log Name:	Microsoft-Windows-Workplace Join/Admin
Source:	Microsoft-Windows-Workplace Join
Level:	Error
Description:	Workplace Join discovery failed. Exit Code: 0x80072EFD. A connection with the server could not be established. Could not connect to 'https://EnterpriseRegistration.domain.com:443/EnrollmentServer/contract?api-version=1.0'.