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christiandominguezjp
Copper Contributor
Apr 23, 2026

Autopilot V1 vs “Device Preparation” (V2): Great direction — but is it enterprise-ready yet?

We evaluated Autopilot v2 but decided to stay on Autopilot v1 for large‑enterprise scale.

Group Tags + dynamic groups are still essential for our device naming, segmentation, and governance model.

We intentionally limit apps in EAS to speed up provisioning, so EAS‑based app deployment in v2 isn’t a compelling advantage for us.

v2 looks promising, but until there’s stronger parity for enterprise‑scale targeting and naming, v1 remains the better fit.

Curious how others at scale are balancing provisioning speed vs. segmentation without Group Tags.

Entra ID Cloud
Intune
windows autopilot

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  • Bogdan_Guinea's avatar
    Bogdan_Guinea
    Steel Contributor
    Apr 27, 2026

    christiandominguezjp​ 

    Hi,

    this are the common facts where i would say Device Preaparaiton could be used:

    cloud-only (Entra ID join)

    faster, simpler deployments

    better app sequencing

    real-time reporting

    GCC High / DoD environments

    In my opinion, naming is not a problem as you can work with scripts or profiles to achieve this at deployment time or post-deployment.

    Good luck!