Here's how Windows Autopilot works with Microsoft Intune

Windows Autopilot is a cloud-based deployment and device management service that simplifies the process of setting up, resetting, and repurposing Windows devices for organizations. It is designed to streamline the process of deploying and configuring new devices, allowing IT administrators to customize the out-of-box experience (OOBE) for end users. Autopilot enables users to receive devices with pre-configured settings, applications, and policies, reducing the need for manual IT intervention.

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based unified endpoint management (UEM) solution that enables organizations to manage and secure their devices, apps, and data across various platforms, including Windows, iOS, Android, and macOS. Intune integrates seamlessly with Windows Autopilot to enhance the overall device management experience.

Here's how Windows Autopilot works with Microsoft Intune:

Device registration: When an organization purchases new Windows devices, the device manufacturer or reseller can register the devices' hardware IDs with the organization's Autopilot deployment profile. This process links the devices to the organization and ensures that they receive the correct configuration settings during the OOBE.

Profile creation: IT administrators create Autopilot deployment profiles in Microsoft Intune, which contain the desired settings, applications, and policies for the devices. These profiles can be customized according to the organization's requirements, such as disabling specific Windows features or pre-installing specific software.

Device assignment: IT admins can assign Autopilot profiles to devices registered in Intune. When users power on their devices and connect to the internet, Windows Autopilot automatically configures the devices based on the assigned profile.

User experience: During the OOBE, users sign in with their organization's credentials. Windows Autopilot then applies the assigned profile settings, installs any required applications, and enforces the security policies defined in Microsoft Intune.

Ongoing management: After the initial setup, IT admins can use Microsoft Intune to manage the devices, enforce security policies, distribute software updates, and monitor device compliance.

In summary, Windows Autopilot and Microsoft Intune work together to simplify the deployment and management of Windows devices for organizations, providing a streamlined and efficient user experience.

[urafishhead]

Great video. Really helpful. Is no one going to mention the priceless moment when your webcam rebooted itself and we just hear fu&+ ? That was priceless.

[svmagus]

Great video, I loved your reaction at 7:49 haha

[mundheryousif]

Thanks for This Video really great, I don't know how this channel didn't appear before when I searched on this topic, anyway well done for the clear explanation and that reaction when the camera went off was really funny 😂

[MoonV]

Btw thanks for the video, helps alot in understanding other videos about this as well. Only you explained clearly to me about the steps ands why

[davidlockley]

Very well explained, especially the whiteboard session. Props :)

[Nobodyofimportance]

Great pace, great selection of highlights, great relevance - Bookmarked for my future reference as our org will be migrating to MS365 with intune and autopilot in the future

[WakenBacon]

What a great video. So helpful. Subscribed.

[lamboiah]

Great video! I appreciate your attention to detail. Does this work for devices with any Windows version (Home or Pro)?

[nellizae]

Hi Mike, thank you for the helpful and direct video! Cheers!

[harpreetsinghwasu]

You video was really helpful specially for one part where I was stuck. I had followed some other videos on YouTube where they showed similar step but missed telling about an Important step which is to Reset the PC (the test VM) so that OOBE experience appears after the restart and your video helped me with that doubt ! Thank you for such an amazing content.

[peterdahl]

Outstanding explanation, thanks a lot!

[davidspencer]

one of 2 videos that helped me to understand intune thanks.

[ravikantkant]

Very informative. Thankyou for sharing

[mrwaeta]

Great video sir, your videos are changing my life

[shamelessansi]

Thanks a million, I get to keep new job lol

[frankfix]

There're numerous videos already on YT covering the basics, but I'm missing a much more in-depth video about this topic. E.g. The use of multiple deployment profiles and security groups (to separate devices by admin, std user and VM's). Also, I believe configuration profiles/apps should not include the Autopiloted devices group, but rather create another security group which includes all Windows devices instead. The way you do it, what happens if some user manually AD-joins or AD-register another Windows computer by himself? (Each user can use up to 5 devices...). Anyone have any input on this? PS: Not to criticize, I'm really grateful that people like you take their time to make such videos. Keep up the good work!

[dutchbachelor]

Autopilot is great but for our organization the idea is not taken far enough. Our users are SO not tech savvy, that even choosing the right keyboard layout can be a challenge. What we want is a device that the user only needs to log in and get to work straight away. To get there, Autopilot is a bit of help to me as an admin, but I can still spend about 4 hours per device to uninstall the Windows bloatware, update it (which is REALLY painful) and wait for all our company apps to be pushed to the device.

[jaredMonk]

I don't understand what is better by using Autopilot. I can already have a user buy a laptop from Best Buy with windows Pro and they log in and we can install all programs and AAD join the computer. It seems really dumb that the user has to login before things install.

[MarkEverton]

How do you deliver the passwords to users before they start the out of box experience?

[lppnhyl]

What I want to know is the following: you said manufacturers create these hardware IDs, and feed them to intune. So if I buy a lenovo computer, my hardware ID is already registered in intune? So I can just setup autopilot for my organization and it'll run wild? How do I know if I have to manually enroll a device?