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Create device groups for Windows Autopilot

Note

HoloLens 2 devices require Windows Autopilot self-deploying mode. For more information about using Windows Autopilot to deploy HoloLens 2 devices, see Windows Autopilot for HoloLens 2. Assign to User isn't applicable for self-deployment Autopilot mode on HoloLens 2.

Create an Autopilot device group using Intune

  1. In the Microsoft Intune admin center, select Groups > New group.

  2. In New Group, configure the following properties:

    • Group type: Select Security.

    • Group name and Group description: Enter a name and description for your group.

    • Microsoft Entra roles can be assigned to the group: Select No, Microsoft Entra roles aren't assigned to this group.

      For more information, see Use cloud groups to manage role assignments in Microsoft Entra ID.

    • Membership type: Choose how devices become members of this group. Select Dynamic Device. For more information, see Add groups to organize users and devices.

    • Owners: Select users that own the group. Owners can also delete this group.

    • Dynamic device members: Select Add dynamic query > Add expression.

      Create rules using Autopilot device attributes. Autopilot devices that meet these rules are automatically added to the group. Creating an expression using non-autopilot attributes doesn't guarantee that devices included in the group are registered to Autopilot.

      When creating expressions:

      • To create a group that includes all of your Autopilot devices, enter: (device.devicePhysicalIDs -any (_ -contains "[ZTDID]")).

      • Intune's group tag field maps to the OrderID attribute on Microsoft Entra devices. To create a group that includes all Autopilot devices with a specific group tag (the Microsoft Entra device OrderID), enter: (device.devicePhysicalIds -any (_ -eq "[OrderID]:179887111881")).

      • To create a group that includes all your Autopilot devices with a specific Purchase Order ID, enter: (device.devicePhysicalIds -any (_ -eq "[PurchaseOrderId]:76222342342"))

      Save your expressions.

  3. Select Create.

Note

Anything assigned to these attributes is only assigned if the device is registered with Autopilot.

For a detailed tutorial on creating a device group for each of the Windows Autopilot scenarios using Intune, see the following links:

Add devices

The dynamic device group that includes Autopilot devices automatically adds existing Autopilot devices to the device group. To manually add new devices as Windows Autopilot devices using a CSV file so that they become part of the device group, see Manually register devices with Windows Autopilot.

Assign a user to a specific Autopilot device

You can assign a licensed Intune user to a specific Autopilot device. For supported OEMs, this assignment will:

  • Pre-populate the Microsoft Entra user Principal Name (UPN) under the pre-provisioning landing page and Microsoft Entra sign-in page.
  • Allows setting of a custom greeting name.

For more information including a list of supported OEMs, see Return of key functionality for Windows Autopilot sign-in and deployment experience.

Note

Assigning a licensed user to a specific Autopilot device only impacts pre-populating the UPN and setting of a custom greeting name. It doesn't impact assigned policies and applications that are deployed to the device or to the user. The assigned policies and applications are still deployed regardless of the OEM. For more information, see Windows Autopilot for pre-provisioned deployment.

Prerequisites:

Important

Assigning a user to a specific Autopilot device doesn't work if you're using ADFS.

  1. In the Microsoft Intune admin center, choose Devices > Windows > Windows enrollment > Windows Autopilot Deployment Program > Devices > choose the device > Assign user.

    Screenshot of Assign user

  2. Choose an Azure user licensed to use Intune and choose Select.

    Screenshot of select user

  3. In the User Friendly Name box, type a friendly name or just accept the default.

  4. Choose Save.

For a detailed tutorial on assigning a user for each of the Windows Autopilot scenarios using Intune, see the following articles:

Using Autopilot in other portals

If you aren't interested in mobile device management, you can use Autopilot in other portals. While using other portals is an option, we recommend you only use Intune to manage your Autopilot deployments. When you use Intune and another portal, Intune isn't able to:

  • Display changes to profiles created in Intune, but edited in another portal.
  • Synchronize profiles created in another portal.
  • Display changes to profile assignments done in another portal.
  • Synchronize profile assignments done in another portal.
  • Display changes to the device list that were made in another portal.

Windows Autopilot for existing devices

You can group Windows devices by a correlator ID when enrolling using Autopilot for existing devices through Configuration Manager. The correlator ID is a parameter of the Autopilot configuration file. The Microsoft Entra device attribute enrollmentProfileName is automatically set to equal OfflineAutopilotprofile-<correlator ID>. Using the correlator ID from the enrollmentprofileName attribute, arbitrary Microsoft Entra dynamic groups can be created.

Warning

Because the correlator ID isn't pre-listed in Intune, the device may report any correlator ID they want. If the user creates a correlator ID matching an Autopilot or Apple ADE profile name, the device is added to any dynamic Azure AD device group based off the enrollmentProfileName attribute. To avoid this conflict:

  • Always create dynamic group rules matching against the entire enrollmentProfileName value
  • Never name Autopilot or Apple ADE profiles beginning with OfflineAutopilotprofile-.

If you want all devices in the groups to automatically register to Autopilot, in any Autopilot profiles assigned to the groups, set the setting Convert all targeted devices to Autopilot to Yes. All non-Autopilot devices in assigned groups register with the Autopilot deployment service. Allow 48 hours for the registration to be processed. When the device is unenrolled and reset, Autopilot enrolls it again. After a device is registered in this way, disabling this setting or removing the profile assignment won't remove the device from the Autopilot deployment service. You must remove the device by deregistering the device from Autopilot. For more information on how to properly deregister a device, see Deregister a device.

For a full tutorial on Windows Autopilot for existing devices, see Step by step tutorial for Windows Autopilot deployment for existing devices in Intune and Configuration Manager.

Next steps

After you have created a device group, you can configure and apply a Windows Autopilot deployment profile to each device in the group. Deployment profiles determine the deployment mode, and customize the OOBE for your end users. For more information, see Configure deployment profiles.

For a detailed tutorial on configuring and assigning a Windows Autopilot deployment profile for each of the Windows Autopilot scenarios using Intune, see the following articles:

For more information about managing your Windows Autopilot devices, see What is Microsoft Intune device management?