# Provisioning Your Device
Provisioning is the initial step to configuring and managing your Android device using the Esper Management Console and associated developer tools.
Esper provides multiple methods of provisioning a device, which involves downloading the Esper Agent onto the device and configuring it according to the provisioning settings used for a Device Template. The supported provisioning methods are:
Provisioner Tool - Provisioner Tool is a user friendly provisioning tool by Esper. This can be used conveniently to provision -
- All Android Devices - GMS or Non-GMS
- Devices with or without camera
- Devices running old as well as new Android versions (inclusive of Android 4.4, 5.1 and so on)
AfW provisioning - AfW (Android for Work) method is best used for:
- Devices that have GMS (Google Mobile Services) enabled
- Devices with a camera for QR code scanning
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- QR Method like AfW is used for devices that have both GMS (Google Mobile Services) and Camera enabled
IMEI (or Serial Number) based provisioning
- Used for Esper Enhanced Android Devices
- IMEI/Serial Number method is use for Bulk provisioning of devices
- Enables zero touch provisioning