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hopkinsch
Copper Contributor
Apr 15, 2026

Microsoft rep insisting there is no Volume Licensing for Win IoT

Has anyone else ever had their Microsoft rep insist that the Windows IoT product can only be purchased with a new PC? We are trying to get the product SKU added to our Volume Licensing and this was M...
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SeanLiming
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Apr 17, 2026

Windows 10/11 IoT Enterprise is for OEMs building devices such as ATM machines, industrial controls, medical devices. For OEMs, there is a separate license agreement that gets signed, a process to get product keys, etc. Are you an OEM building a device? If not, then they are correct in their response.

If you are an OEM building a device with Windows IoT installed, who is your Microsoft rep?

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hopkinsch
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Apr 21, 2026

It is used for that, absolutely. Not all of those use-cases are OEM: We are a manufacturing company and we build industrial fixtures for production and test assembly of our products. (These fixtures are not the product, we make medical devices) These fixtures only ever run our custom .NET application for automating industrial hardware at that station, which must be validated (ISO 13485) They never run productivity software. So we absolutely fit into the "fixed-function specialized device" requirement.
This is what Microsoft's published guidance says about Volume Licensing for IoT, that it's available as an upgrade. But our rep is telling us that their website is incorrect.

 

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise/deployment/volume-license?pivots=windows11

Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC is now available as an upgrade license for fixed-function, specialized devices through Volume Licensing programs including:

Microsoft Product and Services Agreement (MPSA)

Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA)

Select Plus

For more information, see Windows Desktop Operating System Program Terms

Important

Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC is intended for use for fixed-function specialized devices only and cannot be used as a replacement of Windows desktop for general purpose computing.

 

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise/commercialization/licensing#volume-licensing

Volume licenses for Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC are available through the following Volume License programs:

Microsoft Customer Agreement

Microsoft Product and Services Agreement (MPSA)

Select/Select Plus program

For information regarding volume license activation options for Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC, see Volume activation for Windows.

Additional information specific to the deployment of Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC using volume licensing, see Windows IoT Enterprise in Volume License