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Enabling Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 with Intune

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Jon Warnken
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Jun 26, 2025

Guidance on enabling Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 using Intune, especially for systems that cannot be upgraded to Windows 11

Hello everyone, Jon Warnken a Cloud Solutions Architect. This Blog post contains several PowerShell scripts and to not overwhelm you with a wall of code, the scripts are included in collapsible secti...
Updated Jul 09, 2025
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DroidKid
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Sep 05, 2025

"Great post! I was testing the script for Intune and noticed a correction might be needed. The command slmgr /upk <YOUR-ESU-KEY-HERE> will only work for primary OS activation keys and not ESU keys. It seems you need to use the slmgr /upk <ESU_GUID> command instead."