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Change from local KMS to M365 E3 Windows activation fails
In the past we used a local KMS server for our Windows 10 1803 Enterprise installations. Now we have M365 E3 subscribtions and moved the laptops to AAD. If I do a slmgr /xpr it Always shows an end da...
Hi
Sorry no solution yet, we are still working with Microsoft to fix it. We have issues with Lenovo Thinkpads if they have no Windows Key in BIOS.
Regards, Marcel
Looks like you were having a similar issue to us but with a little more complication, turns out the device needs to have an activated license to apply the Windows 10 Enterprise subscription license. Fortunately for us the devices all have bios level licenses so I just wrote a quick powershell script that rips out the un-activated KMS license and pulls the one from the BIOS, adds it and activates it.