Configuring Microsoft Intune Autopilot Enrollment

Configuring Microsoft Intune Autopilot Enrollment involves several steps to prepare your organization, devices, and profiles for streamlined device setup and management. Here’s a step-by-step guide for IT beginners:

Prerequisites:

• An active Microsoft Intune subscription.
• Devices registered with Autopilot.
• Appropriate permissions in the Microsoft Intune portal.

Step 1: Prepare Your Autopilot Devices:

1. Ensure that your organization’s devices are registered with the Autopilot program. This typically involves purchasing devices from a registered OEM vendor who adds them to your organization’s Autopilot account.

Step 2: Create an Autopilot Profile:

2. In the Microsoft Intune portal, navigate to “Device enrollment” > “Windows enrollment.”
3. Click on “Deployment Profiles” and then “Create profile.”
4. Fill in the profile details, including the name and a description (optional). Configure settings such as device naming, language, region, and other setup options according to your organization’s requirements.
5. Save the profile.

Step 3: Assign the Autopilot Profile:

6. After creating the Autopilot profile, you need to assign it to specific devices or groups of devices.
7. In the Intune portal, navigate to “Device enrollment” > “Windows enrollment” > “Deployment Profiles.”
8. Select the Autopilot profile you created in the previous step and click “Assignments.”
9. Choose the Azure AD user or device group to which you want to assign the profile. This determines which devices will be automatically enrolled using this profile.

Step 4: Configure Device Enrollment Settings:

10. To configure device enrollment settings, go to “Device enrollment” > “Windows enrollment” > “Enrollment Status Page.”
11. Configure the enrollment status page settings to specify which apps and settings should be installed during device setup. This step allows you to define the user experience during enrollment.

Step 5: Customize the Out-of-Box Experience (Optional):

12. You can customize the out-of-box experience for users by creating a branding profile. This allows you to add your organization’s branding, logos, and custom messages to the device setup screens.
13. Navigate to “Device enrollment” > “Windows enrollment” > “Out-of-box experience (OOBE) customization.”
14. Create a new profile and customize the branding settings as desired.

Step 6: Assign the Out-of-Box Experience Profile:

15. After creating the branding profile, assign it to the same devices or groups to which you assigned the Autopilot profile.

Step 7: Deploy Applications and Policies (Optional):

16. You can configure Intune to automatically deploy apps and policies to devices during Autopilot enrollment.
17. In the Intune portal, navigate to “Apps” or “Endpoint security” to create app deployments or policies that you want to apply to Autopilot-enrolled devices.

Step 8: Test Autopilot Enrollment:

18. Before deploying Autopilot to your entire organization, it’s a good practice to test the process with a small set of devices. This helps ensure that the configuration works as expected.

Step 9: Deploy Autopilot Devices:

19. Deploy devices to end users. When users receive the devices, they can follow the guided setup process, and Autopilot will automatically configure the devices based on the assigned profile and policies.

By following these steps, you can configure Microsoft Intune Autopilot Enrollment for your organization, streamlining the device setup process and ensuring that devices are configured according to your organization’s standards and requirements.