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Currently Ms365 Business premium includes a W10/11 Bussiness License
M365 Business Premium - contains Windows license or not?
Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko
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We are trying to find out the final answer, does M365 Business Premium contain Windows Pro/Business license or not. From M365 Admin Portal, I see that Windows Business app is available for users assigned with premium license, but this article says that only the upgrade from existing Pro is supported: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-premium/m365bp-upgrade-windows-pro?view=o365-worldwide&source=recommendations#purchase-windows-10-or-11-pro-to-upgrade-from-windows-10-or-11-home
In our case, customer is buying low level consumer laptops with Windows Home version and reinstall them with USB installation media to Pro/Business. Is that supported without buying Professional license additionally?
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SUJAN ROY 0 Reputation points2023-11-20T20:36:15.3466667+00:00 After carefully reviewing the service description of Microsoft 365 Business Premium, I found that it offers an upgrade service,
but it does not provide Windows 10 Pro without a previous Windows license.
If you require a Microsoft 365 subscription that includes a license for Windows 10,
I would suggest trying out Microsoft 365 E3.
I hope this information proves helpful.
Let me know if you have any further queries.
Thankyou
Sujan Roy.
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SUJAN ROY 0 Reputation points
2023-11-20T20:49:05.71+00:00 After carefully reviewing the service description of Microsoft 365 Business Premium, I found that it offers an upgrade service,
but it does not provide Windows 10 Pro without a previous Windows license.
If you require a Microsoft 365 subscription that includes a license for Windows 10,
I would suggest trying out Microsoft 365 E3.
I hope this information proves helpful.
Let me know if you have any further queries.
Thankyou
Sujan Roy.
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Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 13,336 Reputation points MVP
2023-11-21T06:33:16.53+00:00 What do you mean by previous license? Home is a previous license here.... just want to make sure, can home be upgraded to pro / business without puchasing additional Windows license. (only using M365 Business premium).
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jdlavallee 11 Reputation points2025-02-18T23:01:06.0766667+00:00 From our experience, if I deploy a windows 10/11 pro without any product key (tested in MANY labs), using a Business Premium and joining the device to Entra ID/Intune. Windows WILL activate on Windows Business license included in business premium.
The documentation may say otherwise, but in practice it is as I described. You can test and see for yourself....