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The Subscription Activation feature eliminates the need to manually deploy Enterprise or Education edition images on each target device, then later standing up on-prem key management services such as KMS or MAK based activation, entering Generic Volume License Keys (GVLKs), and subsequently rebooting client devices.
See the following topics:
- [Subscription Activation](#subscription-activation-for-windows-1011-enterprise): An introduction to Subscription Activation for Windows 10/11 Enterprise.
- [Subscription Activation for Education](#subscription-activation-for-windows-1011-enterprise): Information about Subscription Activation for Windows 10/11 Education.
- [Inherited Activation](#inherited-activation): Description of a new feature available in Windows 10, version 1803 and later.
- [The evolution of deployment](#the-evolution-of-deployment): A short history of Windows deployment.
- [Requirements](#requirements): Prerequisites to use the Windows 10/11 Subscription Activation model.
- [Benefits](#benefits): Advantages of subscription-based licensing.
- [How it works](#how-it-works): A summary of the subscription-based licensing option.
- [Virtual Desktop Access (VDA)](#virtual-desktop-access-vda): How to enable Windows 10 Subscription Activation for VMs in the cloud.
For information on how to deploy Enterprise licenses, see [Deploy Windows 10/11 Enterprise licenses](deploy-enterprise-licenses.md).
## Subscription Activation for Windows 10/11 Enterprise
With Windows 10, version 1703 and later both Windows 10/11 Enterprise E3 and Windows 10/11 Enterprise E5 are available as online services via subscription. Deploying Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 11 Enterprise in your organization can now be accomplished with no keys and no reboots.
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Subscription Activation for Education works the same as the Enterprise version, but in order to use Subscription Activation for Education, you must have a device running Windows 10 Pro Education, version 1903 or later (or Windows 11) and an active subscription plan with a Windows 10/11 Enterprise license. For more information, see the [requirements](#windows-1011-education-requirements) section.
## Article summary
- [Inherited Activation](#inherited-activation): Description of a new feature available in Windows 10, version 1803 and later.
- [The evolution of deployment](#the-evolution-of-deployment): A short history of Windows deployment.
- [Requirements](#requirements): Prerequisites to use the Windows 10/11 Subscription Activation model.
- [Benefits](#benefits): Advantages of subscription-based licensing.
- [How it works](#how-it-works): A summary of the subscription-based licensing option.
- [Virtual Desktop Access (VDA)](#virtual-desktop-access-vda): Enable Windows 10 Subscription Activation for VMs in the cloud.
For information on how to deploy Enterprise licenses, see [Deploy Windows 10/11 Enterprise licenses](deploy-enterprise-licenses.md).
## Inherited Activation
Inherited Activation is a new feature available in Windows 10, version 1803 or later (Windows 11 is considered "later" here) that allows Windows 10/11 virtual machines to inherit activation state from their Windows 10/11 host.