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Disabling ESP on Cloud PC

One thing you will notice if you are deploying Cloud PCs is that the Enrollment Status Page (ESP) from Windows Autopilot will or might appear when a machine is being set up. I’ve seen numerous instances where the ESP has failed causing the Cloud PC to lock out the user at the initial start. This is usually fixed by reprovisioning, but an unnecessary call to the service desk can cause frustration with your users and your administrators.

The ESP is not an important part of the Windows 365 provisioning in most cases, hence it can be disabled by a custom policy.

Create the policy

To create a custom configuration policy, go to the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center (endpoint.microsoft.com) and navigate to Devices > Windows > Configurations Profiles.

Select to create a new profile and select Custom as template.

Give your profile a name based on your naming convention and press Next.

Add a new OMA-URI setting by pressing Add.

OMA-URI: ./Vendor/MSFT/DMClient/Provider/MS DM Server/FirstSyncStatus/SkipUserStatusPage

Data type: Boolean

Value: True

Save your setting and press Next.

Select to target All devices but filtered to only target Windows 365 devices. You can read more about how to do that in this blog post about filters.

Finish the wizard by clicking Next until you reach the last step, then click Create.

You have now successfully created a configuration profile that will skip the ESP for all your Cloud PCs.

Summary

The ESP is something that in Windows Autopilot is very useful, but for Windows 365 it’s not crucial. This will also reduce the risk of random errors during provisioning.

Applications that are needed before the user starts working can be assigned using the assignments to “All Devices” and filter out your Cloud PCs since this will evaluate a lot faster than Azure AD groups.

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