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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 Oct 20, 2025
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Olaf_Thyssen
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Nov 06, 2025

Is there some guidance how to activate the Win 10 ESU 2025 Cloud Managed license on devices?
If I understood correctly it doesn't have a MAC key and needs group assignment ??!?!!?