Configuration on Windows endpoints

  1. Reset the user machine.
  2. Power-on the system and during the configurations after selecting the network, press Windows key 5 times to enter the Auto-pilot configuration.
  3. Press Shift+F10 to open command prompt.
  4. Type PowerShell to go to powershell prompt.
  5. Generate the hardware ID for the device using following commands:
    md c:\<hardware-id location>
    cd c:\ <full path to hardware-id location>
    Set-Location c:\<hardware-id location>
    Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force
    Install-Script -Name Get-WindowsAutopilotInfo -Force
    $env:Path += ";C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Scripts"
    Get-WindowsAutopilotInfo.ps1 -OutputFile AutopilotHWID.csv
  6. Type start msedge to open the browser and login to Intune.
  7. On Intune, navigate to Devices -->Windows --> Windows Enrolment and select Devices. Select Import and upload the CSV file generated.
  8. You may see Profile Status unassigned. Add this machine to the Azure AD group. The Profile status changes to Assigned. Close the browser.
  9. Click Provision on the screen with Blue background and follow the instructions. Windows Autopilot Configuration screen shows the QR code along with other details with a Green background when successful.
  10. Click Reseal, the machine turns off.

To simplify the process, vendors can provide the Hardware IDs and Administrators can upload the Hardware IDs to Intune directly. In this case, user can directly provision and skip Steps 4 to 7.