You can assign an owner to devices that do not have one.

To assign an owner to a device

1. In the menu bar, click Responsibilities > Ownerships.

2. On the Ownerships page, click Assign Owner.

3. On the Assign Ownership page, click Device.

4. In the Assign an owner to a device dialog, click Assign next to System entitlementDevice.

5. In the Device dialog, click the device to which you want to assign an owner.

6. In the Assign an owner to a device dialog, click Next.

7. In the Specify the new owner step, perform one of the following actions:

   • To allow owners to be determined automatically, click Select one of the calculated possible owners and then select the identity in the menu.

   • To set a specific identity as the owner, click Select other owner and then click Assign. Now click the identity you want to specify as the owner.

8. Click Next.

9. In the Results step, click Close.

   In the context of an attestation, the selected owner can confirm that this assignment is correct (see Pending attestations).

Related topics

• Assigning product owners to system entitlements

• Claiming ownership of Active Directory groups

• Ownerships (page description)

• Assigning owners (page description)