Do I need to buy additional licenses for MDT Deployments?

Riddler 0 Reputation points
2023-02-17T16:48:39.9933333+00:00

Hello everyone,

I am currently testing out MDT for image deployments.

Do I need to buy any additional ISOs for this to work?

Here is what I am currently doing. It is still in the early stages, so some details are omitted.

  1. Download Windows 10 Evaluation ISO
  2. Load the evaluation ISO into a task sequence
  3. ...
  4. Deploy the OS to a computer that already has a licensed version of Windows

My question is. Will this setup give me any issues? I was hoping there would be some way to verify that the computer I am deploying to already has a licensed version of Windows, so the Evaluation will automatically upgrade using the licensing keys embedded in the BIOS.

My goal is to deploy a copy of Windows to each computer using a "de-bloated" version with additional applications included (either through a standard task sequence, or through a golden image).

Does that make sense? I am having a hard time understanding how to get this to work the right way. I've seen people mention that we need to buy a volume license of Windows 10. The computers I am deploying to already have Windows 10, so I would like to avoid any more costs. Since I am still doing testing, I only have a Windows Evaluation ISO file too, so that makes things more difficult for me to understand.

Thanks in advance!

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  1. CherryZhang-MSFT 6,496 Reputation points
    2023-02-20T08:41:29.4433333+00:00

    Hi @Riddler,

    For testing, this should be work. however, for production, we need a regular Enterprise ISO image. Evaluation copy cannot be used for deployment.

    For more information about the license, we may need to connect license support. The link: Volume Licensing Service Center (microsoft.com).

    Thanks for your time.

    Best regards,
    Cherry


     

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