Provisioning is the process of setting up IT infrastructure. It can also refer to the steps required to manage access to data and resources, and make them available to users and systems.
Provisioning is not the same thing as configuration, but they are both steps in the deployment process. Once something has been provisioned, the next step is configuration.
I find the following lines confusing
"It can also refer to the steps required to manage access to data and resources, and make them available to users and systems."
"Provisioning is not the same thing as configuration, but they are both steps in the deployment process"
How can you make your resources available to the user without setting them up and configuring them. So why isn't configuration a part of provisioning?
Also what exactly do you mean by setting up the resources?