Picture the scene: It’s Friday afternoon, and a hiring manager urgently requests a new employee to be setup and ready by Monday morning. Normally, there’s a notice period to prepare—but this time, the employee is joining immediately to fill a critical gap.

Cue the panic. Accounts need creating. Devices must be shipped, built, and configured. Applications installed. It’s a logistical headache with barely any time to breathe.

Let me introduce, what I chalk up to magic or witchcraft: Windows Autopilot.