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Brass Contributor

Jun 21, 2022

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Truly Remote Wiping and Setup

I'm looking for a way to wipe and re-configure my Win10/11 endpoints without losing remote access afterward. My endpoints are all AAD-joined and Intune (MEM)-managed with remote access through Connec...

Intune

mobile device management (mdm)

NielsScheffers
Jul 14, 2022
I think we all were (incorrectly) assuming you were using Autopilot. At least I was .

The ESP will only start through OOBE with AAD-join or during the Autopilot process (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/enrollment/windows-enrollment-status). That probably explains why you need to sign in before anything happens. With Autopilot, the device configuration is applied before the first sign-in.

NielsScheffers

Iron Contributor

Jul 14, 2022

I think we all were (incorrectly) assuming you were using Autopilot. At least I was .

The ESP will only start through OOBE with AAD-join or during the Autopilot process (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/enrollment/windows-enrollment-status). That probably explains why you need to sign in before anything happens. With Autopilot, the device configuration is applied before the first sign-in.

Dr_Snooze

Brass Contributor

Jul 18, 2022

That's an exceedingly important distinction. You'd think that would be spelled out more clearly in the documentation. We're coming up on a hardware upgrade cycle here, so I'll look into transitioning my devices over at that time. Thank you for your help!