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title: "Introduction to Enrolling Windows Devices"
slug: "introduction-to-enrolling-windows-devices"
description: "Learn the basics of enrolling Windows devices into your enterprise network with Scalefusion's comprehensive guide."
updated: 2024-09-06T06:33:50Z
published: 2024-09-06T06:33:50Z
canonical: "help.scalefusion.com/introduction-to-enrolling-windows-devices"
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# Introduction to Enrolling Windows Devices

The first step to managing your Windows devices with Scalefusion is to enroll them in Scalefusion. Since there are various deployment scenarios that an organization has, Scalefusion offers multiple enrollment options. Here we describe the various enrollment options based on Windows OS and when you should choose them.

1. For **Windows 10 Pro** and above devices, it is recommended to use the **Browser-based enrollment** option or **Azure AD-based enrollment**.
2. For **Windows 11 Pro** devices, it is recommended to use the **Scalefusion MDM Agent-based enrollment** option.
3. **Windows 7 and 8.1** and **Windows Home (10 & 11)** devices **must** be enrolled via the **Scalefusion Agent-based enrollment** option.

## Understanding the Enrollment Options

In principle, the following are the deployment options:

1. **B****rowser-Based Enrollment**
  1. **Usage Scenario:** Use this option if,
    1. The user enrolling the device has access to the **admin account** on the device and has access to **Microsoft Edge or Access to School or Work app**.
    2. You want the user to be authenticated via OTP Google Workspace or Okta/PingOne before enrolling the device.
    3. You want to enroll the devices in the userless method using a standard URL and Enrollment code.
  2. **Getting Started:** Please follow this [link](https://help.scalefusion.com/docs/browser-based-enrollment) to get started with browser-based enrollment.
2. **Azure AD-Based Enrollment**
  1. **Usage Scenario:** Use this option if,
    1. Your organization uses Azure AD
    2. You want Azure AD to join your devices, and your users have access to the **admin account** on the device and have access to the **Access to School or Work app**.
    3. You want to use Windows Autopilot to automatically enroll new devices
  2. **Getting Started:** Please follow this [link](/docs/microsoft-entra-azure-ad-previously-enrollments) to get started with Azure AD-based enrollment.
3. **Agent-Based Enrollment**
  1. **Usage Scenario:** Use this option if,
    1. If you want to drive enrollments via Scalefusion Windows MDM agent either in userless or user-based mode.
    2. You want to migrate from your existing MDM and use the Scalefusion MDM agent to remove the modern management and enroll in Scalefusion.
    3. In exceptional cases, if you don't want to use Modern management features and use only agent-based features that Scalefusion offers.
  2. **Getting Started:** Please follow this [link](https://help.scalefusion.com/docs/agent-based-enrollment) to get started with Azure AD-based enrollment.
4. **Provisioning Package Enrollment**
  1. **Usage Scenario:** Use this option if,
    1. If you would want to enroll your existing devices in a userless mode
    2. If you want to enroll new Windows devices in bulk using a USB Drive.
  2. **Getting Started:** Please follow this [link](https://help.scalefusion.com/docs/provisioning-package-based-enrollment) to get started with web-based enrollment.

Please reach out to your technical account manager or [support@scalefusion.com](mailto:support@scalefusion.com) to get the perfect deployment option for your devices.