Manual device provisioning eats up valuable IT resources. Setting up each laptop (installing apps, configuring security, labeling) and shipping might work for one or two hires.
But when you’re supporting remote hires or managing tens or hundreds of devices at once, it becomes a patchwork process that collapses under pressure.
Research from the Zero-Touch Provisioning Market Research Report confirms what IT teams already know: manual provisioning is labor-intensive, costly, and prone to errors.
When your onboarding is riddled with delays, misconfigurations, and inconsistent setups, it slows productivity, drives up costs, and damages the employee experience.
The fix? Zero-touch deployment (ZTD), a process that automates every step of device provisioning, eliminating manual errors, reducing onboarding time, and cutting costs.
In this guide, we’ll break down what zero-touch deployment is, how it works from start to finish, and why it’s a game-changer for IT leaders. You’ll learn about the core components, real-world benefits for distributed teams, common pitfalls (and how to avoid them), plus a step-by-step plan to get started.