The pattern
Platform - Policy type - Purpose
WIN-AP-UserDrivenEntraJoin
26 of 64 characters for a policy or profile
What each part means
| Part | Here | What it says | Other values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | WIN | The operating system. | MAC, IOS, AND, LNX, WEB |
| Policy type | AP | The kind of policy or profile. | CONF, COMP, SEC, APP, UPD |
| Purpose | UserDrivenEntraJoin | What the item does, in your own words. | free text |
Parts are joined with “-”. In the builder you can change every value, the separator and the order, add parts and remove them.
When to use it
For Windows Autopilot deployment profiles. Say how the device joins and who drives the setup, because that is the choice you make when you assign a profile.
- Typical purposes: UserDrivenEntraJoin, SelfDeploying, PreProvisioned.
- Microsoft allows up to 350 deployment profiles per tenant; most tenants need only a few.
More names in this pattern
- WIN-AP-UserDrivenEntraJoin
- WIN-AP-SelfDeployingKiosk
- WIN-AP-PreProvisioned
- WIN-AP-UserDrivenHybridJoin