Hey everyone! I'm curious about the workflow for PC enrollment in Autopilot. Typically, you add a PC to Autopilot first, and it joins by policy and gets enrolled in Intune, right? But can I do it the other way around? What if I grant users permission to add computers to Entra first, and then use the Entra console to enroll those devices into Autopilot? Can the Autopilot policies be applied to a PC that was initially joined to Entra manually? Any insights would be super helpful!
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Definitely check out the Microsoft documentation on configuring Windows Autopilot profiles. If you add a PC to Entra without enrolling it in Autopilot first, you can still set the Deployment Profiles to convert that device to an Autopilot object. Just a heads-up: my experience with this wasn't very smooth, so be prepared for some quirks! But yes, it is possible to make it work.
I added a machine to Autopilot, but it didn't show the company logo on the login page after a wipe. Do you think enrolling it through Entra first could mess with that?
Yes, machines that are enrolled in Entra can have their hashes imported into Intune without any issues. I had a situation where a device was in Autopilot but not showing in Intune initially. After logging in, it created the Intune entry, but I still had to wipe it first to get everything working smoothly. It should all fall into place after that wipe reboot.
So, if I manually add a device to Entra, it can still be recognized as an Autopilot object later? Just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly.