Provisioning
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Q: What is device provisioning?

Device provisioning is the process of configuring a device with the necessary settings, software, and security credentials to prepare it for use.

Automated provisioning means scalable, seamless onboarding

Scaling your device fleet shouldn’t slow you down. Driving innovation takes meticulous planning, and traditional provisioning is complex and time-consuming. Whether you need to grow your Android device fleet, quickly onboard dozens of new iPads, or deploy a mixed fleet of thousands across the globe, you can provision faster, smarter, and at scale with Esper.

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Simplify Provisioning for Effortless Onboarding

Manual provisioning instructions can range from a handful of steps to dozens of pages, draining resources and increasing the risk of costly errors. Esper’s provisioning options significantly reduce manual setup and eliminate unnecessary touchpoints, freeing your team to focus on what matters most — driving growth and innovation.

Set your desired state once and replicate effortlessly, saving time and ensuring consistency across every device

Consolidate dozens of manual steps to just a few, allowing your team to focus on higher-impact work

Bring multiple devices online simultaneously, making large deployments faster and more manageable

Choose from multiple provisioning options for both Android and iOS so you can find the perfect fit for your deployment strategy

Combine enrollment, provisioning, and configuration into a single, streamlined process, reducing downtime and accelerating productivity

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Don’t Let Manual Provisioning Slow You Down

Complex provisioning methods stunt scalability. Growth takes a back seat when IT teams spend more time provisioning than innovating. Troubleshooting becomes the norm, and scaling is overshadowed by the need to keep operations running, hindering productivity and stifling innovation.

With options like 6-Tap and QR code scanning on Android and Apple Business Manager on iOS, Esper helps you onboard quickly and efficiently. For the ultimate in truly touchless onboarding, Seamless Provisioning does all the heavy lifting for you—just power on your devices, and they’re ready to go.

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Provision with Ease, Scale Seamlessly

Automated provisioning eliminates complexity and streamlines processes, making scaling your device fleet second nature. That means you can grow when ready, introduce new devices as needed, and even quickly onboard test hardware. By increasing efficiency for 3PL partners, Esper ensures faster turnarounds, reduced errors, and maximized ROI for large enterprises relying on outsourced provisioning.

Optimize manual workflows: Simplify and automate onboarding, minimizing the need for hands-on intervention and keeping your team focused on higher-impact work instead of laborious manual provisioning steps.
Onboard your way: Choose from multiple provisioning options tailored to your needs, whether it’s Android, iOS, or a mixed fleet. Flexibility in onboarding means you can deploy devices quickly and efficiently, regardless of your setup.
Save time: Eliminate unnecessary provisioning steps, allowing you to deploy devices in minutes rather than hours so your devices are ready when you need them, keeping your team productive.
Reduce overhead: Minimize manual touchpoints to lower the time, effort, and resources required for large-scale rollouts, reducing IT workload and operational costs.‍
Improve ROI: Maximize the value of your device investments by reducing downtime and extending device life through efficiency with scalable, low-touch deployments for better returns on your investments.

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With proprietary features like real-time telemetry and seamless provisioning, organizations across industries can rely on Esper to provide cutting-edge solutions that are flexible enough to grow with scaling enterprise fleet.

Tony Chen

Tony Chen, VP of Android Tablet Business, Intelligent Devices Group at Lenovo

Esper made it so much easier to not only build our product but to provision and ship our tablets to our customers. Switching from provisioning devices one-by-one to their more automated provisioning options has saved us a lot of time.

Tom Falzani

Co-founder & CPO at Lula Convenience

The Esper provisioning process is as streamlined as it can be. This is critical, especially for large fleets of devices. Operative costs are greatly optimized when having as little set-up and maintenance as possible as Esper is able to deliver.

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FAQ

What is device provisioning?

Device provisioning is defined as setting up a device to work in a specific manner. How detailed that provisioning process is, however, can vary wildly. Sometimes it might mean something simple like disabling or enabling certain features and installing a few apps. Other times, it might mean replacing the entire operating system for specialized functionality.

Provisioning works hand-in-hand with enrollment and configuration. In a typical deployment scenario, each of these would be handled manually, which makes the deployment process cumbersome and time-consuming. Fortunately, not all provisioning processes are the same.

Is enrollment part of the provisioning process?

Yes, enrollment is typically part of the device provisioning process and involves registering the device and associating it with specific user accounts or policies.

What’s the difference between provisioning and configuration?

Provisioning is the broader process of preparing a device for use, while configuration refers to the specific customization of settings and parameters on a device.

Is provisioning part of deployment?

Yes, provisioning is typically part of the device deployment process, which involves introducing and setting up devices within a system or infrastructure.

What is device deployment?

Device deployment involves the physical or virtual distribution and installation of devices in their intended locations, including tasks like logistics, transportation, installation, network connectivity, and initial configurations.