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Reset M365 Apps Activation from User to Device
Hi All
We have just procured some M365 Apps for Enterprise device based licenses.
Now I have followed the initial setup guide of:
- Creating a security group for the devices
- Assign this group to the M365 Apps for Enterprise licenses
- Created an Intune settings catalogue profile to set device based licensing
Guide here:
Device-based licensing for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn
While this is great for new devices, the process gets slightly more trickier with devices that are already in use where M365 Apps for Enterprise has already been activated on a "User" type license.
From this guide, I can see that the user activation has to be reset using various methods.
Reset activation state for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn
Has anyone got any experience or knowledge on how to do this reset via Intune?
Info greatly appreciated.
SK
2 Replies
To switch from user-based to device-based licensing for Microsoft 365 Apps on existing devices, you need to reset the activation state first. This clears the user license info so the app can re-activate using the device license.
You can do this via Intune by creating a Remediation Script that runs the cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:<last 5 chars> and deletes the tokens folder (%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Office\SoftwareProtectionPlatform).
This lets the device re-activate using the new device license.
Hi Buddy
Have you tested this? Do you have instructions?
Info appreciated.
Stuart
