How we check/confirm whether windows license is preloaded on provided OEM's machine or not? Pl suggest.
Hi!! We are PSU of Indian State and recently purchase computer desktop of an OEM through its reseller. As per bid terms & conditions the desktop machine should have windows 11 preloaded license. Please suggest how we check/confirm whether windows…
do i need CAL for contacts in AD Domain
I want to add lots of contacts to the Active Directory. I want to make sure whether i need CAL for each contact in Active Directory. As contacts (not users) cannot log in to computer and use windows server services. Anyways, I wanted to make sure.
Question about licensing for NPS extension
My company has Microsoft Business standard licensing and I'm trying to incorporate the NPS extension on our RADIUS server to add MFA through Entra. It's not working and I'm not sure if it's due to the licensing. I'm wanting to do this for MFA for…
2019 Server is used in an domain, but we need to change it to local. Can we use our RDS CALs for local too?
Good morning, we have a Windows Server 2019 Standard. This is a VM for our Employees to Access remotly for some specific Software. Our other Servers and services is running in AWS. We have RDS Licenses (50 pcs). It works well, AD is working fine. But…
License user cal for windows server
Is it legal for a company to use only 5 User CALs for Windows Server 2022, regardless of the actual number of users accessing the server?
How to deploy Remote App Streaming to Enterprise E3 or 365 Business Premium licensed users:
I have deployed Remote App Streaming for internal users with Enterprise E3 licenses for my owm application. I also permission external users without Enterprise or 365 licenses through Per User Access License. Now I want to board and permission users who…
How to get License information from SQLServer installer
We are using SQLServer in our on-prem product. We need to declare open source license of all the dependencies. How can FOSSA extract license from the installer programmatically without manual installation?
Activating Outlook Premium on iOS
I have a user whose email is Google Workspace, but they like to use Microsoft Outlook. We purchased a 365 Apps for Business license for them, but we don't know how to activate the premium version of Outlook on his iPhone so he does not receive ads. We…
How to Ensure ePKEA Activation Allocation is Not Exhausted?
We use ePKEA product keys to activate Windows for our customers. Currently, we use SLMGR.vbs /cpky to remove the product key from the registry to prevent ePKEA from being exposed to attacks and to ensure that our ePKEA activation allocation is not…
Activating Windows Server 2022 (Evaluation) with Windows Server 2019 Retail Key
Hi all, I have a Dell server and a Windows Server Standard 2019 retail key. Recently, I installed Windows Server Standard 2022 (Evaluation). Here are my questions: Is it possible to activate the Windows Server 2022 Evaluation using my Windows Server…
Is selling a win 7 or win 10 activation key as a genuine win 11 one legal?
Hello there. As the title says, is It legal for an online shop to sell win 7 or win 10 activation keys advertised as win 11 ones? I had a problem with an online store who sold me a guaranteed win 11 activation key but I found out that It was actually a…
User account migration
I have a company that brought me on as their first IT and want me to migrate all of their unmanaged devices and accounts to Intune and Entra. I can easily have their 3rd party M365 license provider give me the tenant and I can rebuy the licenses through…
How to fix the windows 11 enterprise edition activation issue. It is showing no product key found on your device.
Please find the attached image for your references. most of the users have this same issue. Please advise how to resolve this case.
I have a Visual Studio Enterprise with GitHub Enterprise subscription and I am unable to activate Windows 11 licenses. I get Error code: 0xC004C020
I have a Visual Studio Enterprise with GitHub Enterprise subscription and I am unable to activate Windows 11 licenses. I get Error code: 0xC004C020. I have run the troubleshooting and get "We can't activate your copy of Windows. Make sure you're…
Action Pack licenses
We have purchased Microsoft Action pack which provides licenses for a lot of software like Windows 11. If the action pack expires and we do not renew are the licenses also expiring? Will the machines that are loaded with Windows 11 need an active…
am I overlapping licenses?
I am getting billed for MSFTEO100T7TGU and MSFT EO100T7P7V?
To protect the product key using the "Slmgr.vbs /cpky" command, is the usage of publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" correct?
System Information: Operating Systems: Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 and Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 Issue Summary: I am currently writing an unattend.xml file and encountered some issues while using the "Slmgr.vbs /cpky" command…
Is it possible to upgrade window 10 Pro running on one host to windows 11 on a different host?
Hello, My current PC runs Windows10Pro, and I cannot upgrade to Windows11 due resource limits. I am about to purchase a new computer. Is it possible to purchase an upgrade to Windows11Pro and use it on the new PC? thanks
TWO KMS 2016-2019
I am about to install a new KMS on a Windows 2019 with a Host Key 2019, I currently already have a Windows Server 2016 KMS 2016 where I have activated my infrastructure. My question: Are the teams with 2016 activated always going to renew in my 2016 KMS…
MS is having a really dark practice with the licenses
what a dark business model MS is having know... they premeditately force their windows to be obsolete so you need to get a new win, and the worst part, they make minimum requierements so you basically need to buy a new PC... what a scam.