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Why pre-provision Windows devices?

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Recently I was asked again; “Why do you pre-provision devices?” I, or actually we, got that question several times last year. Also, in conversations with Microsoft this question pops up regularly. So, why do we pre-provision (aka. White Glove) devices? There are two main reasons to do this: Security Employee Experience And in addition, of course, the costs. Security Looking at security, by pre-provisioning devices we make sure we block things like Shift-F10, the Recovery Command prompt, etc. and to have the security policies applied before we hand the device over to the employee. Employee Experience Pre-provisioning devices will limit the time the employee needs to enroll the device to around 15 mins, with all applications installed on the device when the employee gets the desktop. As part of the pre-provisioning process, we make sure: The drivers and firmware are updated to the latest version before pre-provisioning. All core applications are installed as part of pre-provisioning....
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The workplace journey to the cloud

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My goal for this year is to share my experiences in moving the workplaces of our enterprise to the cloud with a broader audience. I will create a series of blogs on different topics this year. But let’s start with an introduction as this is my first blog ever. I am currently employed by ING, the largest Dutch Bank with around 60.000 employees and offices in over 40 countries worldwide. I have been working for ING for 8 years (of which 4 as external). Before I joined ING I was, this century, employed by Wortell, Siemens (Atos) and the Ceasar Group, as either Technical Specialist or (Technical) Project Manager. Mainly working on infrastructure and workplace projects. My career in IT started over 3 decades ago as an IT engineer at a small company building and selling personal computers, where I did everything from purchase to support. Back then I did beta testing of Microsoft DOS 4.01, but also installed Novell and Banyan Vines networks. In the years that followed I got certified as an IT...
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