How do I provision Android tablets from a laptop with Skie?

Start with a device reset and a skipped Google account. Turn on USB debugging in developer options and connect the tablet with a data cable. Accept the debugging prompt on the tablet. In a terminal, run adb devices to confirm the laptop sees it.

In the dashboard, open the Provision page. It first checks that adb is available on the computer. Choose the student and group, and the page creates a one-time enrolment token and builds a command for that device. Copy it and paste it into the terminal. The command pulls the published Skie release, installs it and sets it as device owner, passing the token.

Behind the scenes Skie runs the model check and the licence check. If the device model has no profile, or you have no free seat, the run stops with a reason instead of leaving a half managed device. When it succeeds, the tablet appears in the dashboard and pulls its first policy.

Each device needs its own token and its own run. Doing many devices in parallel from one laptop is not a supported route today, and faster bulk flows are something the team is working on. In practice, an admin works through a row of tablets one after another.

Practical tip: lay the tablets out in student order, use two cables, and connect the next while the current run is finishing. Details for each step are in checking adb, USB debugging and the Provision app option.

• Reset, skip the account, USB debugging on
• Open the Provision page and pick student and group
• Paste the command into the terminal
• One token and one run per device