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Autopilot and OEM
Hi, One of those sysadmins expected to do all things in SME environment so tend to dip in and out of subjects as needed, hence the request for advice below. Currently have 250+ laptops which are c...
- Not sure about the licensing part though.. but normally when you download a image
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download
And install the device with it you are good to go. When you have a valid win 10 pro license, you could enroll the device with autopilot and normally you will have a nice boat free installation.
And when you have a e3 license, the pro license would be upgraded to enterprise so you could use some additional enterprise security features. (device guard/credential guard )
Not sure about the licensing part though.. but normally when you download a image
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download
And install the device with it you are good to go. When you have a valid win 10 pro license, you could enroll the device with autopilot and normally you will have a nice boat free installation.
And when you have a e3 license, the pro license would be upgraded to enterprise so you could use some additional enterprise security features. (device guard/credential guard )
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download
And install the device with it you are good to go. When you have a valid win 10 pro license, you could enroll the device with autopilot and normally you will have a nice boat free installation.
And when you have a e3 license, the pro license would be upgraded to enterprise so you could use some additional enterprise security features. (device guard/credential guard )
Hi All,
Thanks for your reply. In the end, as the devices were already hybrid joined to Endpoint I tried the Fresh Start Option, Removed the device from On-Prem AD, synced to Endpoint and after going through the Autopilot stuff it was bloat free so, licences using the OEM and had applied the Enterprise licence, so unless there are any downsides to this way it looks like it will do the job.
ThanksAs Rudy_Ooms_MVP already mentioned that's what Fresh Start does. The only downside is that this approach doesn't work for new devices, because they won't go through the same process.
- True... fresh start will also removes the bloatware of the device as i am mentioning here
https://call4cloud.nl/2021/04/to-retire-or-not-to-wipe/#part6
