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+# Device enrollment lifecycle
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+If you manage devices, you've likely participated in one or more of these five stages of the device enrollment lifecycle — regardless of the quirks in your particular industry or service, your approach, or the tools you use.
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+1. **Assigning devices** (new or repurposed) to employees  
+2. **Setting up management and security controls**  
+   *E.g., scripts, profiles, settings*  
+3. **Installing and managing software**  
+4. **Determining a long-term management strategy**  
+   *E.g., device state remediation and long-term security posture maintenance*  
+5. **Collecting devices** after employee role changes or separations  
+
+---
+
+## The problem
+
+- **59%** of IT teams use 7 or more device management tools  
+- **40%** of work time is spent on manual, repetitive tasks  
+- **64%** of executives prioritize data security  
+- **67%** of executives and IT teams find security challenging  
+
+Traditional device management is becoming a risk. The sheer number of tools used is a factor.  
+
+Each individual tool, when acquired, may seem perfect (like that melon baller in your kitchen drawer you rarely use…)  
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+But even top-tier, single-platform management solutions don't solve for:
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+- Multiple annual contract renewals  
+- Complex licensing  
+- Expensive training for teams on various solutions  
+- Hiring separate teams for each  
+- Scattered device data  
+- Difficulty managing device compliance and audits  
+
+You can mitigate this risk if you're currently using multiple solutions for managing devices (e.g., Jamf for this, Intune for that, Omnissa for everything else) by consolidating onto **Fleet**.
+
+---
+
+## Help is on the way
+
+- Use zero-touch deployment methods like **Apple ADE** and **Microsoft Autopilot**  
+- Create as many **Teams** as you need for each security baseline in your organization  
+- Deploy and automatically patch software on all platforms with no additional integrations  
+- Track vulnerability, compliance, and remediation — all in one place  
+- Send lock and wipe commands to Apple, Linux, or Windows devices  
+
+At Fleet, we believe we can help by simplifying things:  
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+Host Fleet anywhere yourself, or we can host it for you. Improve how you manage the device enrollment lifecycle in a single console.  
+
+Use Fleet's simple, clean UI, or manage Fleet with configuration as code in version control.  
+
+---
+
+### Talk to us!
+[https://fleetdm.com/contact](https://fleetdm.com/contact)
+
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+<meta name="authorFullName" value="Brock Walters">
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