Once joined to the local LAN KMS license server, these Windows client devices then apparently will not let go of the KMS activation method by themselves, and change to Azure online licensing, even if the KMS license server is disabled or blocked behind a firewall and the KMS license activation has expired. Is there a known way to change existing Windows 10/11 devices from KMS client activation to Azure AD Education A3 / A5 or Enterprise E3 / E5 license activation?Īpparently when Windows 10/11 devices are being imaged and joined to Azure AD for pure cloud management, if they can find a local KMS licensing server within your local LAN, they will automatically join to that first before attempting to license online during the Azure AD join.
