Windows 10 IOT Enterprise
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Following up on your Microsoft post too
(Which got some answers on the second link)
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-iot-kms-activation/458e00e0-47f6-4c10-91c5-b9820e406486?auth=1https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/windows-10-iot-kms-activation.173337/
Found this however
http://annabooks.com/Articles/Articles_IoT10/Windows-10-IoT-E-Addendum-1 Rev1.4.pdfIf Windows IOT is only for OEM and there is no VL then KMS is out of the question
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/volume-activation/install-kms-client-key-vamt -
@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
@Dashrender said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
I'm pretty sure it's meant to run on ARM, so unless you're emulating arm, not likely going to work on KMS.
Again, I'm not wanting to run KMS on ARM...
I'm just researching whether or not it will activate against my existing KMS server that activates everything from Windows 7 to Server 2019...
I just wanted to find out if it will activate a Windows 10 IOT Device.
@dbeato -- thanks for the detailed links. I'm not quite sure what the interest in Windows 10 IOT is at this point. I was asked to dig into it.
From what I can gather though, it should activate against my KMS server. I'll go ask on the Technet board too since that's where Naresh pointed me to.
Something so simple... I can't believe there's no (easy to find) documentation that states "You can [or cannot] use your existing KMS server to activate Windows 10 IOT.
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@dafyre said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
@Dashrender said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
I'm pretty sure it's meant to run on ARM, so unless you're emulating arm, not likely going to work on KMS.
Again, I'm not wanting to run KMS on ARM... AFAIK, we're still operating in the theoretical here.
I have an existing KMS server that activates everything from Windows 7 to Server 2019...
I just wanted to find out if it will activate a Windows 10 IOT Device.
@dbeato -- thanks for the detailed links. I'm not quite sure what the interest in Windows 10 IOT is at this point. I was asked to dig into it.
From what I can gather though, it should activate against my KMS server. I'll go ask on the Technet board too since that's where Naresh pointed me to.
Something so simple... I can't believe there's no (easy to find) documentation that states "You can [or cannot] use your existing KMS server to activate Windows 10 IOT.
It was annoying to find those details!
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@dbeato said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
@dafyre said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
@Dashrender said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
I'm pretty sure it's meant to run on ARM, so unless you're emulating arm, not likely going to work on KMS.
Again, I'm not wanting to run KMS on ARM... AFAIK, we're still operating in the theoretical here.
I have an existing KMS server that activates everything from Windows 7 to Server 2019...
I just wanted to find out if it will activate a Windows 10 IOT Device.
@dbeato -- thanks for the detailed links. I'm not quite sure what the interest in Windows 10 IOT is at this point. I was asked to dig into it.
From what I can gather though, it should activate against my KMS server. I'll go ask on the Technet board too since that's where Naresh pointed me to.
Something so simple... I can't believe there's no (easy to find) documentation that states "You can [or cannot] use your existing KMS server to activate Windows 10 IOT.
It was annoying to find those details!
Exatly!
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I totally misread the opening post - KMS - key management system - you want the IOT installs to get their license key from a local KMS server.
Sadly I read to quickly, and read it as KVM - the hypervisor... my mistake.
Now - surely Scott didn't make that mistake.
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Though - now that I think about it - does IOT require activation? I thought it was free?
If there is an enterprise version of IOT - I have no clue
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@Dashrender iot core is free. Iot enterprise needs a licence. Anyway iot stuff usually requires you to activate the first image. Then you clone them.
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@Dashrender said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
I totally misread the opening post - KMS - key management system - you want the IOT installs to get their license key from a local KMS server.
Sadly I read to quickly, and read it as KVM - the hypervisor... my mistake.
Now - surely Scott didn't make that mistake.
lol. oops!
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I did find an answer to the question, though... According to one of the MSDN Moderators, Windows 10 IOT will activated against an existing KMS server without any problems.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot-core/windows-iot-enterprise
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@Dashrender said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
Though - now that I think about it - does IOT require activation? I thought it was free?
If there is an enterprise version of IOT - I have no clue
In my reading, Windows 10 IOT will attempt to activate (nor will it complain) if you never connect the device to the internet. Of course, once you connect it, it will try to activate.
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@dafyre said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
@Dashrender said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
Though - now that I think about it - does IOT require activation? I thought it was free?
If there is an enterprise version of IOT - I have no clue
In my reading, Windows 10 IOT will attempt to activate (nor will it complain) if you never connect the device to the internet. Of course, once you connect it, it will try to activate.
Interesting, I didn't understand this part
By default, KMS clients on your Windows IoT Enterprise with no additional configuration needed. -
@dbeato said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
@dafyre said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
@Dashrender said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:
Though - now that I think about it - does IOT require activation? I thought it was free?
If there is an enterprise version of IOT - I have no clue
In my reading, Windows 10 IOT will attempt to activate (nor will it complain) if you never connect the device to the internet. Of course, once you connect it, it will try to activate.
Interesting, I didn't understand this part
By default, KMS clients on your Windows IoT Enterprise with no additional configuration needed.It will act like a regular desktop and activate against your KMS server if you hook it up to the network.
