Windows 10 Enterprise degrading to Pro and DA disappears

[mads-lomholt]

Can someone summarize the case where client Windows 10 Enterprise joined to an on-prem Active Directory with Direct Access, suddenly(?) degrades to Pro-edition and Direct Access (partly) disappears from the computer.

Some are restored by entering MAK-key with DISM / Slmgr /ipk <MAK-key>, some not.

Some are restored by connecting to on-prem network with connection to DC's and update GPO's, some not

Some stays on Enterprise edition, but still looses DA and it will not restart/re-install.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for reaching out! This issue is usually due to a delay in activation on those devices. Please check out https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/deploy-enterprise-licenses to see if this resolves your issue.