Provisioning devices with Windows Autopilot

Windows Autopilot is used to automate and customize the device setup, deployment, and life cycle of a Windows client while minimizing the effort that's needed by IT staff in the device provisioning process. This is a fundamental change compared to the traditional model and enables a self-service scenario that can be fully completed by the end user without IT intervention. Imagine shipping a device directly from the supplier to the user, where they only need to turn it on and log in with their corporate credentials and be in a business-ready state. The remainder of the provisioning happens automatically over the internet, remains mostly transparent to the user, and can be used instead of a custom OEM image that's been pre-applied by a vendor.

For the Autopilot service to work, devices need to be registered in the service through your Azure AD tenant. This can be accomplished directly through your partnerships with device vendors...