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Configure VDA for Windows 10 Subscription Activation How to enable Windows 10 Enterprise E3 and E5 subscriptions for VDA upgrade, update, task sequence, deploy w10 deploy high library mdt greg-lindsay

Configure VDA for Windows 10 Subscription Activation

This document describes how to configure virtual machines (VMs) to enable Windows 10 Subscription Activation in a Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) scenario. Windows VDA is a device or user-based license.

Requirements

  • VMs must be running Windows 10 Pro, version 1703 (also known as the Creator's Update) or later.
  • VMs must be Active Directory-joined or Azure Active Directory-joined.
  • VMs must be generation 1.
  • VMs must hosted by a Qualified Multitenant Hoster.

Active Directory-joined VMs

  1. Use the following instructions to prepare the VM for Azure: Prepare a Windows VHD or VHDX to upload to Azure

  2. (Optional) To disable network level authentication, type the following at an elevated command prompt:

    REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp" /v UserAuthentication /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

  3. At an elevated command prompt, type sysdm.cpl and press ENTER.

  4. On the Remote tab, choose Allow remote connections to this computer and then click Select Users.

  5. Click Add, type Authenticated users, and then click OK three times.

  6. Follow the instructions to use sysprep at Steps to generalize a VHD.

  7. Install Windows Configuration Designer.

  8. Open Windows Configuration Designer and click Provison desktop services.

  9. Under Name, type Desktop AD Enrollment Pro GVLK, click Finish, and then on the Set up device page enter a device name.

    • Note: You can use a different project name, but this name is also used with dism.exe in a subsequent step.

  10. Under Enter product key type the Pro GVLK key: W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX.

  11. On the Set up network page, choose Off.

  12. On the Account Management page, choose Enroll into Active Directory and then enter the account details.

  13. On the Add applications page, add applications if desired. This step is optional.

  14. On the Add certificates page, add certificates if desired. This step is optional.

  15. On the Finish page, click Create.

  16. In file explorer, double-click the VHD to mount the disk image. Determine the drive letter of the mounted image.

  17. Type the following at an elevated commnand prompt. Replace the letter G with the drive letter of the mounted image, and enter the project name you used if it is different than the one suggested:

    Dism.exe /Image=G:\ /Add-ProvisioningPackage /PackagePath: "Desktop AD Enrollment Pro GVLK.ppkg"

  18. Right-click the mounted image in file explorer and click Eject.

  19. See instructions at Upload and create VM from generalized VHD to log in to Azure, get your storage account details, upload the VHD, and create a managed image.

Azure Active Directory-joined VMs

Important

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) provisioning packages have a 30 day limit on bulk token usage. You will need to update the provisioning package and re-inject it into the image after 30 days. Existing virtual machines that are Azure AD-joined and deployed will not need to be recreated.

For Azure AD-joined VMs, follow the same instructions (above) as for Active Directory-joined VMs with the following exceptions:

  • In step 9, during setup with Windows Configuration Designer, under Name, type a name for the project that indicates it is not for Active Directory joined VMs, such as Desktop Bulk Enrollment Token Pro GVLK.
  • In step 12, during setup with Windows Configuration Designer, on the Account Management page, instead of enrolling in Active Directory, choose Enroll in Azure AD, click Get Bulk Token, sign in and add the bulk token using your organization's credentials.
  • In step 17, when entering the PackagePath, use the project name you entered in step 9 (ex: Desktop Bulk Enrollment Token Pro GVLK.ppkg)
  • When attempting to access the VM using remote desktop, you will need to create a custom RDP settings file as described below.

To create custom RDP settings for Azure:

  1. Open Remote Desktop Connection and enter the IP address or DNS name for the remote host.

  2. Click Show Options, and then under Connection settings click Save As and save the RDP file to the location where you will use it.

  3. Close the Remote Desktop Connection window and open Notepad.

  4. Drag the RDP file into the Notepad window to edit it.

  5. Enter or replace the line that specifies authentication level with the following two lines of text:

    enablecredsspsupport:i:0
authentication level:i:2

  6. enablecredsspsupport and authentication level should each appear only once in the file.

  7. Save your changes, and then use this custom RDP file with your Azure AD credentials to connect to the Azure VM.

Related topics

Windows 10 Subscription Activation
Recommended settings for VDI desktops
Licensing the Windows Desktop for VDI Environments