Automatic registration of existing devices
Requirements
An existing device can automatically register if it's:
- Running a supported version of Windows
- Enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) service such as Intune
- A corporate device that isn't already registered with Autopilot
For devices that meet these requirements, the MDM service can ask the device for the hardware hash. After it has that, it can automatically register the device with Windows Autopilot.
For more information on how to automatically register devices for Windows Autopilot with Microsoft Intune, see Create an Autopilot deployment profile and review the description of the Convert all targeted devices to Autopilot setting. See the following example:
Note
Using the setting Convert all targeted devices to Autopilot in the Autopilot profile doesn't automatically convert existing hybrid Microsoft Entra device in the assigned groups into a Microsoft Entra device. The setting only registers the devices in the assigned groups for the Autopilot service. For more information, see Create an Autopilot deployment profile.
Windows Autopilot for existing devices
When the Windows Autopilot for existing devices scenario is used, devices don't need to be preregistered with Windows Autopilot. Instead, a configuration file (AutopilotConfigurationFile.json) containing all the Windows Autopilot profile settings is used. The device can then be registered with Windows Autopilot using the same Convert all targeted devices to Autopilot setting.