Enrollment Status Page (ESP)
Many think that the ESP and Windows Autopilot are one and the same. That is not necessarily the whole truth as the ESP is a core Windows function and can be set as a Windows Configuration Service Provider (CSP). CSPs are explained in depth in Chapter 9.
The ESP can be used as part of any Windows Autopilot provisioning scenario. It can also be used separately from Windows Autopilot as part of the default OOBE for Entra ID join, as well as for any new users signing in to the device for the first time.
Basically, what that means is that any Windows 10/Windows 11 devices that join Entra ID in the OOBE phase will have the ESP shown to the end user, irrespective of whether it is a Windows Autopilot device, as long as there is an ESP assigned to the user or device.
You can create multiple ESP profiles with different configurations that specify the following:
- Showing the installation progress
- Blocking access until the provisioning...
