The invention enables registration and configuration of field devices through a plant resource management system. A server receives device identity information corresponding to a plurality of field devices intended to be communicably coupled with the plant resource management system. For each field device, the device identity information includes a device identifier and device-class information. The server generates a configuration data record for each field device. Generating a configuration data record includes (i) identifying a device-class for a field device, (ii) retrieving configuration information for the device-class, (iii) associating the configuration information with the unique device identifier, and (iv) generating a data record comprising the configuration information and the unique device identifier. The field devices are thereafter communicably coupled with the plant resource management system and device configuration parameters within local memory of each field device are modified based on configuration information from the data record corresponding to such field device.