The pattern
Scope - Platform - Counter
CORP-WIN-0001
13 of 15 characters for a device name
What each part means
| Part | Here | What it says | Other values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope | CORP | Who or what the item is for: the whole organisation, a location, or a kind of device. | GBL, LOC, DEPT, IT, EDU |
| Platform | WIN | The operating system. | MAC, IOS, AND, LNX, WEB |
| Counter | 0001 | A running number. | 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 device names, whether they come from an Autopilot naming template or are set by hand. A Windows device name must be 15 characters or less, may contain letters, numbers and hyphens, and cannot be all numbers.
- In an Autopilot profile, %SERIAL% adds the serial number and %RAND:x% adds x random digits.
- Leave room for the number: a four-digit counter and two hyphens already use six of the 15 characters.
More names in this pattern
- CORP-WIN-0001
- CORP-MAC-0042
- KIOSK-WIN-0007
- EDU-IOS-0113