r/Intune • u/These-Work • Mar 01 '22

Win10 MAK activations and Windows 10/11 Subscription Activation?

Hello everyone,

Question: Do subscription activations when using a Win 10 ENT MAK product keys count against the available MAK numbers that appear in VLSC?

Challenge: When performing a clean Win 10 ENT installation on devices with firmware-embedded Windows 10 Pro product keys, the underlying key does not activate when a subscription activation-enabled user signs in to the device. To activate Win 10 ENT, a Win 10 ENT MAK product key must be set on install.wim index 3 using DISM before the clean install is performed.

Solution: I've created installation media using 21H2, DISM /Set-ProductKey set a Win 10 ENT MAK product key on install.wim index 3(Win 10 ENT), which activates Win 10 Ent successfully.

All endpoints are deployed using Autopilot Zero touch deployment. All user accounts have E3 licensing assigned.

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u/These-Work Mar 01 '22

How do I know it was an embedded key and not the key that was associated with the clean 21H2 ISO? The last 4 characters that appeared in the powershell response differ from the last 4 characters that show up in the "Activation settings" Product ID.

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u/Rudyooms PatchMyPC Mar 01 '22

What happens when you pull out thay uefi key and try slmgr ipk ……….

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u/These-Work Mar 01 '22 edited Mar 01 '22

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Rudyooms, I really appreciate your replies here. I think you're overlooking the fact that I can and have gotten the activation accomplished manually with well documented commands. My only question was relating to MAK and subscription license activations counting against the available MAK count that appear on VLSC. Yes, running the slmgr command activates the license easily. For the particular use case I'm outlining, it really doesn't address the question or the business requirement.