Which capability accelerates onboarding by preconfiguring devices and simplifying policy distribution during deployment?

• A. Cloud onRamp
• B. Zero-touch provisioning
• C. VPN segmentation
• D. Application-aware routing

Answer: (B)

Zero-touch provisioning accelerates onboarding by letting new devices configure themselves and receive their policies automatically from the centralized management system as they come online. When a device boots for the first time, it can contact a provisioning server, pull a baseline startup configuration, enroll to the SD-WAN orchestrator, and download device-specific policies, VPN profiles, and security certificates. This means no manual preconfiguration or on-site setup is required, enabling rapid, consistent deployments across many sites and reducing human error.

In contrast, others focus on different goals: cloud onRamp relates to onboarding to cloud services rather than automating edge device provisioning; VPN segmentation is about isolating traffic within VPNs for security; application-aware routing optimizes path selection based on application requirements rather than provisioning processes.