When you have the required Azure AD subscription, group-based licensing is the preferred method to assign Enterprise E3 or E5 licenses to users. A per-user PowerShell scripted method of assigning licenses is available. Organizations can use synchronized AD groups to automatically assign licenses.

Now that your subscription has been established and Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 licenses have been assigned to users, the users are ready to upgrade their devices running Windows 10 Pro, version or later to Windows 10 Enterprise.

What will the users experience? How will they upgrade their devices? Users can join a Windows 10 Pro device to Azure AD the first time they start the device during setup , or they can join a device that they already use running Windows 10 Pro, version During the initial setup, on the Who owns this PC?

To join a device to Azure AD when the device already has Windows 10 Pro, version installed and set up. If your device is running Windows 10, version or later, this step is not needed.

From Windows 10, version , the device will automatically activate Windows 10 Enterprise using the firmware-embedded activation key.

Figure 7a – Windows 10 Pro activation in Settings. Windows 10 Pro activation is required before Enterprise E3 or E5 can be enabled Windows 10, versions and only. Once the device is joined to your Azure AD subscription, the user will sign in by using his or her Azure AD account, as illustrated in Figure 8. The Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 license associated with the user will enable Windows 10 Enterprise edition capabilities on the device. If there are any problems with the Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 license or the activation of the license, the Activation panel will display the appropriate error message or status.

You can use this information to help you diagnose the licensing and activation process. Subscriptions to Windows 10 Enterprise are also available for virtualized clients. Active Directory-joined and Azure Active Directory-joined clients are supported.

In some instances, users may experience problems with the Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 subscription. The most common problems that users may experience are as follows:. The existing Windows 10 Pro, version or operating system is not activated.

This problem does not apply to Windows 10, version or later. Figure 9 see the section above illustrates a device in a healthy state, where Windows 10 Pro is activated and the Windows 10 Enterprise subscription is active. Figure 10 below illustrates a device on which Windows 10 Pro is not activated, but the Windows 10 Enterprise subscription is active. Figure 10 – Windows 10 Pro, version edition not activated in Settings.

Figure 11 below illustrates a device on which Windows 10 Pro is activated, but the Windows 10 Enterprise subscription is lapsed or removed. Figure 11 – Windows 10 Enterprise subscription lapsed or removed in Settings. Figure 12 below illustrates a device on which Windows 10 Pro license is not activated and the Windows 10 Enterprise subscription is lapsed or removed.

Figure 12 – Windows 10 Pro, version edition not activated and Windows 10 Enterprise subscription lapsed or removed in Settings. You can use the following procedures to review whether a particular device meets requirements. If a device is running a version of Windows 10 Pro prior to version for example, version , it will not be upgraded to Windows 10 Enterprise when a user signs in, even if the user has been assigned a subscription in the CSP portal.

Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. Privacy policy. The E3 licence should give me access to W10 Enterprise but I can’t see the option to download the setup files or an ISO, where should I be looking?

Brand Representative for Microsoft. O E3 does not include Windows As dbeato’s link shows, that’s a different license. That’s exactly as it should be, O E3 does not include Windows.

They used to have a product called Intune that was Windows Unfortunately there isn’t a group for MS offerings, the Office group seemed to be the closest match hence I posted here. Going from the link within debeato’s post it appears as if you need to install Windows 10 Pro and then join it to an Azure AD account then it will enable the Enterprise features which I’ve verified using my laptop for testing.

TIL I didn’t know they had names this thing E3. That’s confusingly close to O E3. Thanks MS! Take a look Chris Microsoft :.

Thank you Chris, the linked document answers my question. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks.

 
 

 

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To join a device to Azure AD when the device already has Windows 10 Pro, version installed and set up. If your device is running Windows 10, version or later, this step is not needed. From Windows 10, version , the device will automatically activate Windows 10 Enterprise using the firmware-embedded activation key. Figure 7a – Windows 10 Pro activation in Settings.

Windows 10 Pro activation is required before Enterprise E3 or E5 can be enabled Windows 10, versions and only. Once the device is joined to your Azure AD subscription, the user will sign in by using his or her Azure AD account, as illustrated in Figure 8. The Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 license associated with the user will enable Windows 10 Enterprise edition capabilities on the device. If there are any problems with the Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 license or the activation of the license, the Activation panel will display the appropriate error message or status.

You can use this information to help you diagnose the licensing and activation process. Subscriptions to Windows 10 Enterprise are also available for virtualized clients.

Active Directory-joined and Azure Active Directory-joined clients are supported. In some instances, users may experience problems with the Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 subscription. The most common problems that users may experience are as follows:. The existing Windows 10 Pro, version or operating system is not activated.

This problem does not apply to Windows 10, version or later. Figure 9 see the section above illustrates a device in a healthy state, where Windows 10 Pro is activated and the Windows 10 Enterprise subscription is active.

Figure 10 below illustrates a device on which Windows 10 Pro is not activated, but the Windows 10 Enterprise subscription is active. Figure 10 – Windows 10 Pro, version edition not activated in Settings.

Figure 11 below illustrates a device on which Windows 10 Pro is activated, but the Windows 10 Enterprise subscription is lapsed or removed. Figure 11 – Windows 10 Enterprise subscription lapsed or removed in Settings. Figure 12 below illustrates a device on which Windows 10 Pro license is not activated and the Windows 10 Enterprise subscription is lapsed or removed. Figure 12 – Windows 10 Pro, version edition not activated and Windows 10 Enterprise subscription lapsed or removed in Settings.

You can use the following procedures to review whether a particular device meets requirements. If a device is running a version of Windows 10 Pro prior to version for example, version , it will not be upgraded to Windows 10 Enterprise when a user signs in, even if the user has been assigned a subscription in the CSP portal. Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. Privacy policy.

Skip to main content. Contents Exit focus mode. Automatic, non-KMS activation requires Windows 10, version or later, on a device with a firmware-embedded activation key. Windows 10 Enterprise Subscription Activation requires Windows 10 Enterprise per user licensing; it does not work on per device based licensing. Important An issue has been identified where devices can lose activation status or be blocked from upgrading to Windows Enterprise if the device is not able to connect to Windows Update.

Note If you are implementing Azure AD, and you already have an on-premises domain, you don’t need to integrate with Azure AD, since your main authentication method is your internal AD. Important If your device is running Windows 10, version or later, this step is not needed. Is this page helpful? As dbeato’s link shows, that’s a different license.

That’s exactly as it should be, O E3 does not include Windows. They used to have a product called Intune that was Windows Unfortunately there isn’t a group for MS offerings, the Office group seemed to be the closest match hence I posted here. Going from the link within debeato’s post it appears as if you need to install Windows 10 Pro and then join it to an Azure AD account then it will enable the Enterprise features which I’ve verified using my laptop for testing.

TIL I didn’t know they had names this thing E3. That’s confusingly close to O E3. Thanks MS! Take a look Chris Microsoft :. Thank you Chris, the linked document answers my question. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question.

Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Best Answer. Ghost Chili. AStaUK Anaheim.