Four Modes. One Goal: Zero Touch.
Each Autopilot mode serves a different deployment scenario. We engineer the right mode for your environment.
User-Driven
The standard Autopilot experience. The user powers on the device, authenticates with their Entra ID credentials, and the Enrollment Status Page handles the rest — apps install, policies apply, and the desktop is ready. No IT intervention required.
Self-Deploying
No user authentication during setup. The device registers itself using its TPM 2.0 chip and configures entirely without user interaction. Designed for shared workstations, kiosks, digital signage, and conference room devices.
Pre-Provisioning
IT or a partner pre-provisions the device before shipping to the user. The technician completes the heavy setup — app installs, policy application, baseline validation — so the end user gets a device that's ready in minutes, not hours.
Device Preparation
Microsoft's newest provisioning method. Simpler admin configuration, better reporting, and a more resilient enrollment flow. Our engineers deploy Device Preparation for organizations ready to adopt the latest Autopilot capabilities.
What Manual Provisioning Costs Your Business
Every device you image by hand is time, money, and consistency you're losing.
Per device, manual setup
A typical manual provisioning process takes 3 to 5 hours per device — imaging, configuring, installing apps, joining the domain, and validating. Autopilot reduces this to minutes with zero IT touch.
Source: NetNXT / GoWorkwize, 2025
Annual IT labor on provisioning
The average company spends over 500 hours per year manually provisioning devices. That’s IT staff doing repetitive setup instead of strategic work that moves the business forward.
Source: CloudEagle, 2025
Time reduction with Autopilot
Microsoft-commissioned testing showed Autopilot cut total provisioning time by up to 60% compared to manual builds — while standardizing configurations across every device.
Source: Microsoft / Littlefish, 2025
New hire productivity
With Autopilot, a new employee opens the box, signs in, and the device configures itself. No waiting for IT. No desk-side visits. No delayed start dates because a laptop isn’t ready.
Source: Mobile Mentor, 2025
How many hours is your IT team spending on device setup?
If your team is still imaging machines or configuring laptops by hand, you're spending IT labor on work that should take zero human effort.
How Autopilot Deployment Works
From hardware hash to production-ready device — engineered end to end.
Hardware Hash Import
Device hardware hashes are collected from your OEM or extracted on-site and imported into Intune. Each device is registered and assigned to your tenant before it's ever powered on.
Profile Assignment
Our engineers configure deployment profiles — OOBE customization, Entra ID join settings, ESP behavior, and group-based targeting. Every profile is tested before rollout.
Enrollment & ESP
The user (or device) enrolls. The Enrollment Status Page tracks progress in real-time — apps install, policies apply, compliance checks run. The desktop unlocks only when everything passes.
Production Ready
The device is fully configured, compliant, and secured. Apps are installed, baselines are applied, and the user is productive from the first login. No desk-side visit. No imaging.
Does this sound like your organization?
Autopilot is for organizations ready to stop imaging machines and start shipping them directly to users.
Still imaging with SCCM or USB
Your IT team is still building golden images, burning USB drives, or running task sequences. Every new OS version means rebuilding the image from scratch.
New hires wait days for a laptop
A new employee starts Monday but their laptop won’t be ready until Wednesday. Autopilot eliminates the setup queue entirely.
Remote and multi-location workforce
You have offices in multiple locations or fully remote employees. Shipping a pre-configured laptop is faster and cheaper than desk-side setup.
IT spends hours on repetitive setup
Your engineers are spending 3-5 hours per device doing the same manual steps. That’s skilled labor doing work a machine should handle.
Scaling headcount fast
You’re hiring 10, 50, or 100 people this year. Manual provisioning doesn’t scale — Autopilot does.
Want OEM-direct shipping
You want Dell, Lenovo, or HP to ship devices directly to employees pre-registered in your tenant. The user opens the box and they’re ready to work.
Strengthen your endpoint posture
Autopilot gets devices into production. These solutions take your endpoint security and management to the next level.
Microsoft Intune
Autopilot requires a solid Intune foundation. We configure compliance, profiles, apps, and baselines first.
Build the foundation →Endpoint Security
Defender for Endpoint, BitLocker, and Conditional Access enforcement — securing every device Autopilot provisions.
Secure every device →CIS Endpoint Hardening
457 CIS controls applied through Intune — the hardening layer that locks down every Autopilot-provisioned device.
Lock it down →Ready to eliminate imaging and manual device setup?
Book an Autopilot consultation. Our engineers will assess your readiness and design a zero-touch provisioning strategy for your environment.