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Stephanie Nichols
Nov 06, 2018Brass Contributor
Registering New Surface Devices to Autopilot
Hi, I just ordered a small batch of Surfaces from Microsoft Store for Education which I planned to deploy with Autopilot. Right from the beginning, I let the sales agent know we were planning t...
- Nov 09, 2018Hi Stephanie,
I have no idea how to get the information for the next batch, but it is possible to query your device from the first OOBE screen using CMD and this script https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo/1.3 and save it to a USB for example. Yes it takes a few minutes per Surface, but than you could just start using AutoPilot.
PKlapwijk
Nov 09, 2018MVP
Hi Stephanie,
I have no idea how to get the information for the next batch, but it is possible to query your device from the first OOBE screen using CMD and this script https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo/1.3 and save it to a USB for example. Yes it takes a few minutes per Surface, but than you could just start using AutoPilot.
I have no idea how to get the information for the next batch, but it is possible to query your device from the first OOBE screen using CMD and this script https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo/1.3 and save it to a USB for example. Yes it takes a few minutes per Surface, but than you could just start using AutoPilot.
- Stephanie NicholsNov 09, 2018Brass Contributor
Thanks for your response Peter, that's exactly what I did and it worked well. Not quite as slick as the full autopilot experience but it was not a problem for a small batch of devices.
- PKlapwijkNov 09, 2018MVPI was in the same situation during a small pilot and used the script. Fortunately now received AutoPilot info from HP!