• • A Windows computer that is ready for use.
  • A NETID domain-joined Windows computer.
  • Local admin privileges for the user initiating Autopilot on the computer.
  • The Managed Windows VPN client.
  • Microsoft 365 Apps will be installed:
    • Access
    • Excel
    • OneNote
    • Outlook
    • PowerPoint
    • Teams
    • Word
  • The same basic set of Group Policy settings provided to other Managed Workstations:
    • Bitlocker is enabled
    • Windows Update for Business (current branch) is enabled
    • CrowdStrike for malware protection
    • LAPS is enabled to protect the built-in local administrator password

MWS strongly recommends ordering computers enrolled in Autopilot directly from CDW-G. The CDW-G part number for Autopilot enrollment is 6154305. Search for this item number on the CDW-G site and add it to your cart along with your computer. The price to perform Autopilot enrollment is $10. The CDW-G site may show that Autopilot enrollment is backordered. Disregard this and add it to your order. Autopilot is a process that CDW-G performs and it is not an inventoried item that they have to restock.
Your Departmental Requisition Requester can place the CDW-G computer order for you.

Your Departmental Requisition Requestor can place an order for a Dell device enrolled in Autopilot via Workday. For additional information, please email help@uw.edu.

To enroll a device in Autopilot - whether it is a new device with a clean Windows installation or an existing device already in use - you will first need to collect the device’s hardware information and submit it to MWS.

Collect the Hardware Information for the Machine to Be Enrolled

1. If the computer is brand new or has a fresh installation of Windows, power it on and complete the initial Windows Setup. The settings you choose do not matter, as the computer will be OS reset later in the Autopilot process. You will need, however, to create a local user account in Windows 11 during Windows Setup in order to perform the rest of this process. Signing in to Windows with a Microsoft Account is not supported by the UW. If the computer has an existing Windows installation you can log in to with an existing user account, log in with that account.
2. Launch an Administrative PowerShell console by right-clicking the Start Menu and clicking on Windows PowerShell (Admin).
3. Run the following PowerShell commands:
   1. 1. Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope process -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -force
      2. Install-Script -Name get-windowsautopilotinfo
      3. Answer Yes to each of the questions when prompted.
      4. Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo.ps1 -outputfile c:\hardwareinfo.csv 
   
   The hardware information that is collected for the device will be saved in a file named hardwareinfo.csv on the top-level of the hard drive (C:).
   
   Attach the hardwareinfo.csv file to an email and send it to help@uw.edu with "MWS Autopilot device enrollment" as the subject. If you have multiple devices to enroll, please collect the hardware information from each device and attach their hardwareinfo.csv files individually in your email.