Manual enrollment

Introduction

Starting with Relution version 5, Windows 10/11 devices can be enrolled and managed without a Microsoft or Azure AD account. Enrollment requires a local user. This user must have administrative privileges and must not be deleted after enrollment.

Devices should be equipped with a unique ID. Especially when preconfiguring via an image, care should be taken to ensure that the devices can be distinguished by the MDM.

The Windows 10/11 Home edition has various limitations when it comes to management. Not all management features are available. Limitations of Windows Home Edition →

Supported Windows versions

  • Windows 10/11 Home
  • Windows 10/11 Professional
  • Windows 10/11 Education
  • Windows 10/11 Enterprise

Non-supported Windows versions

  • Windows 10/11 Enterprise LTSC
  • Windows 10/11 IoT Enterprise
  • Windows 10/11 IoT Enterprise LTSC

Manually enroll Windows devices

To enroll a Windows 10/11 device, a new enrollment must be created in Relution.

Relution portal new enrollment creation form for Windows device manual enrollment

Afterwards, the enrollment for a Windows 10/11 device is listed under Enrollments in the status Sent.

Relution Enrollments list showing Windows 10/11 enrollment in Sent status

Get enrollment information

The required enrollment information can be sent either by email or SMS. For example, users assigned to the devices to be enrolled will receive the following email with all relevant information:

Enrollment email with enrollment link and instructions sent to device user for Windows enrollment

The enrollment link in the email will automatically take you to the enrollment process on the Windows 10/11 device.

Perform enrollment on Windows 10/11 devices

  1. Open the link displayed in the enrollment in the browser of the device to be enrolled.

Browser showing Relution enrollment page with Next button to begin Windows enrollment process

  1. Click on ‘Next’ and then on ‘Enrollment’. The browser will now try to open the settings app. Click on Open.

Browser showing Open Settings app dialog prompt during Windows MDM enrollment process

  1. Confirm all further query dialogs. The device is now registered and can be managed with Relution.

Windows Settings showing enrollment confirmation dialog requesting authorization to proceed

Windows Settings showing successful MDM enrollment with Connected to Relution status

Multiple enrollment of Windows 10/11 devices

Relution supports bulk enrollment as an efficient way to enroll a large number of Windows 10/11 devices to be managed by an MDM server without the need to re-image the devices.

Relution bulk enrollment option shown in Windows enrollment details for mass device registration

For more details, see the Microsoft documentation on bulk enrollment:

Windows Provisioning Tool →

Please do not delete the account on the device with which the device was registered.