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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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Esu license
Intune
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windows 10
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DroidKid
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Nov 21, 2025

Looks like we need to download and install this KB

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5072653
as per 
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5072653-extended-security-updates-esu-licensing-preparation-package-for-windows-10-8c8b215c-d2af-44dc-b712-1ec403842cdc#id0ebbf=update_catalog