{"id":367404,"date":"2017-02-11T10:02:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T17:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moderneuc.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:02:32","slug":"windows-autopilot-basics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/windows-autopilot-basics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Autopilot Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people ping me on a weekly basis wanting to know what Microsoft\u2019s Windows AutoPilot is and understand what it means or if they can use it right away..<\/p>\n

Microsoft and other vendors are marketing\u00a0 as the new zero-touch deployment experience.<\/p>\n

This is what I tell them:
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Windows AutoPilot is a process\u00a0 not a technology. (It utilizes a lot of existing technologies)\u00a0 -It is the concept of provisioning and managing PCs\u00a0 like we do phones<\/p>\n

Windows AutoPilot is a collection of technologies to simplify and automate Windows Out of Box Experience (OOBE experience), which starts with the registration of the device into the Microsoft Windows Store for Business (Autopilot Dashboard)\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 ends with the execution of the specific configuration based on end-user login (profile)\u00a0 via an automated script delivered by Modern Device Management (MDM) tool.\u00a0 \u00a0 AutoPilot service helps\u00a0 organization to pre-configure new devices, recover,\u00a0 re-purpose and reset existing devices.<\/p>\n

It was introduced in early November 2017 by Microsoft.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (ie:\u00a0 It is NEW and still in development)<\/p>\n

Every machine that has Windows 10 v1703 or better, calls \u201chome\u201d during first time configuration (out-of-box experience), where \u201chome\u201d is\u00a0the Microsoft Store for Business\u2019s AutoPilot Registry.<\/p>\n

If the machine is \u201cregistered\u201d with Windows AutoPilot then it bypasses the standard consumer out-of-box experience and goes directly into<\/p>\n