MicrosoftJason_Leznek This is just a few weeks away and many of us are anxious about how to plan. Can we get an update on CSP availability?
When you wrote "will be available through Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners beginning September 1" was that meant to be 09/2024 or 09/2025? and if the latter do you expect to hit that mark?
Related to this, I was going through my notes and remember that a previous version of this page stated: there would be 3 options....and importantly you wrote “Simply assign an ESU cloud activation license to enable Windows 10 devices to receive Year One ESU updates (no 5-by-5 key is necessary). You can manage and monitor the complete update process as usual in Microsoft Intune or utilize Windows Autopatch to fully automate the update process for you. With Windows Autopatch, there is no required action on your part. Simply check the monthly update reports to understand the status of your environment. This license has a ~25% discount and will cost $45 USD per user (up to five devices) for Year 1.” Can you give any color on why that changed?
MicrosoftHello! The ESU will be available through CSP on Sept 1, 2025. The discounted SKU is only available through VL. Originally the discounted SKU was going to be offered as a cloud license instead of a MAK key (which is device based).
What's the SKU code as I'm still not finding vendors listing this?
Not sure if its generic, but in Pax8 parlance, its
SKU: MST-PRP-W1E-C100
Name: Windows 10 ESU Year 1 (2025 - 2026) [Commercial]
Does anyone know if 1) you only get one activation per instance (I know it's not user based, but curious if the key affords more than one activation) and 2) if you use the activation on MachineX then need to rebuild that machine by doing a full wipe, does MachineX need to be ESU activated a second time?
PS, I'm talking about the CSP model, not volume or retain licensing.
