 Show In the Enterprise environment, the machines lose their activation and are downgraded from Enterprise to the Windows Pro base license or cannot be reactivated with the Enterprise volume licenses (Microsoft 365 E3/E5 licenses). In the above case, it is now Windows 10 Pro 21H2 (build 19044.1706, activation via digital license). Fu Weissinger wrote me in a private message that he observes something similar in his environment.
He posted the following on Twitter and suspects a problem with certificates based on the error message (because he gets the message when opening the license or check URL with a browser): On Twitter, more users confirm these activation problems. Here are some messages:
Currently there a two more victims confirming that. Within my German blog, I got the following comment from a victim as an answer to my blog post.
Rudy Ooms has another article that describes the issue too. Receiving more and more similar feedback from German readers. Is anyone else affected? Addendum: A German blog reader left a comment with a (temporary) workaround. He distributes a script with SCCM to affected Windows 10 Pro machines. The script has the following command: cscript.exe C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs -ipk NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43 This sets the dummy key provided by Microsoft to install Windows 10 Enterprise. While an activation with the volume key is refused (subscription not valid), the generic key will be accepted, the machines are getting activated as Windows 10 Enterprise. Feedback from MicrosoftGerman blog reader Tobias S. has escalated the issue via a partner to Microsoft an got the following answer (thanks for that):
This entry was posted in issue, Windows and tagged Issuce, Windows. Bookmark the permalink. Not getting a straight answer from any resource at Microsoft on this. Technical documentation is vague and does not directly address this question and product descriptions indicate that it DOES include Windows 10... but when I actually try to INSTALL Windows 10 there are NO activation keys and furthermore you cannot even sign in to activate Windows 10 online if you start with the standard ISO download - BECAUSE IT'S NOT ACTIVATED! First and second level
support engineers say that Microsoft 365 DOES NOT include Windows 10 - only an "upgrade" to Enterprise from Pro. Does Microsoft 365 include Windows 10 license?Customers who have qualifying Microsoft 365 licenses don't need any additional licenses to access Windows 11 Pro or Windows 10 Enterprise or Microsoft Endpoint Manager with Windows 365 Enterprise.
Does Microsoft 365 activate Windows?It's only activated the subscription, not windows.
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