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Deploying Windows 10 using MDT and a OEM key?
Hi,
First off, I will apologize for the complicated nature of this thread.
I have several machines that have OEM licenses of Windows 8.1 Pro. What I would like to do is do the following:
1. Install Windows 8.1 Pro onto them.
2. For each machine, I will need to activate using their own product key that is tied to the BIOS, as I don't have a VL or individual licenses.
3. Install an in-place Windows 10 Pro installation.
Preferably, I would like to do this all with a MDT Task Sequence.
From what I have read, Microsoft will not let people use OEM licenses with deployment. However, what I gather is that MS misunderstands what people want to do, and they think that they want to install Windows using a single OEM product key off a machine to multiple other PCs, and that's not what I want to do at all.
A MS Rep was asked about this on the website Spiceworks, and he responded with this:
What I am trying to do (for each of the machines individually, so not using a single OEM activation key to activate multiple PCs) is install Windows 8.1 on a computer that already had it on it, activate it using the legit key it came with installed into the BIOS, and upgrade to Windows 10 in a single task sequence.You can create a standard image for deployment using only VL media. You cant use an image based off the OEM image and activation key on multiple PCs. The OEM activation key is tied to the device, and you cant use a single OEM key on multiple PCs.
Any advice?
Last edited by Michaelvas17; 07 May 2016 at 12:47.