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How to Upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise (Without
Reinstalling Windows)
CHRIS HOFFMAN
@chrisbhoffman
APRIL 18, 2016, 6:40AM EDT
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Windows 10 Enterprise offers quite a few
exclusive features that
aren’t available in the
Professional edition of Windows. You can get these features without reinstalling Windows,
and without even having an Enterprise disc. In fact, you don’t even need your own Windows
10 Enterprise key to perform this upgrade.
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How This Works
Why not just buy a product key for Windows 10 Enterprise? Well, Microsoft doesn’t even sell
those to us mere mortals! While Microsoft offers
paid upgrades to Windows 10 Professional,
the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 10 are only available through volume
licensing channels. Microsoft previously offered Windows 7 Ultimate, which contained all the
same features as the Enterprise versions of Windows, but there’s nothing like that for
Windows 10.
According to Microsoft’s documentation, it’s possible to use the
DISM /online /Set-Edition:
command to change to a new edition of Windows. However, this didn’t work for us with
Windows 10 and we encountered error messages. But we realized there’s a better solution.
Most people don’t know this, but you can convert your existing Windows 10 Home or
Professional system to Windows 10 Enterprise in just a few minutes–no disc necessary. You
won’t lose any of your installed programs or les. To do this, you’ll need a product key, but
there’s a bit of a loophole here:
You don’t actually need a legitimate product key to use
Windows 10,
Enterprise or otherwise. To upgrade, you just need
a
key.
RELATED:
You Don’t Need a Product Key to Install and Use Windows 10
This process uses a
KMS key
from Microsoft’s website. These publicly-available keys are
normally used in organizations with Key Management Servers. Use them without a Key
Management Server and Windows 10 will upgrade to Enterprise–it just won’t be truly
“activated”.
And there’s the one downside to doing this: If you have a legitimate, activated Windows 10
system, the resulting Windows 10 installation won’t be activated and will show you a
watermark telling you so. But that’s just about the only limitation you’ll encounter–the OS will
otherwise work just ne, for as long as you like. If you have a Windows 10 virtual machine or
secondary computer you want to test these Enterprise features on, this is an excellent
solution.
This works even better if you do have a legitimate Windows 10 Enterprise product key
through a business. Enter a legitimate product key and Windows 10 will upgrade to the
Enterprise edition and become properly activated. This is a convenient solution for
businesses, which can purchase computers that come with Home or Professional editions of
Windows 10 and upgrade them without a reinstall.
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How to Upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise
Rather than messing with DISM, you can do this entirely from Windows 10’s Settings app. To
do so, open the Settings app from your Start menu, select “Update & Security,” and select
“Activation.” Click the “Change Product Key” button here.
You’ll be asked to enter a new product key. If you have a legitimate Windows 10 Enterprise
product key, you can enter it now. But if you don’t, grab the
KMS client setup key for
Windows
10 Enterprise  and Windows 10 will automatically convert itself to a Windows 10 Enterprise
system. Remember, as this isn’t an valid key for activation, the resulting Windows 10 system
won’t activate with Microsoft’s activation servers online. You may not want to do this on your
primary Windows system.
Here’s the key you’ll need to enter for Windows 10 Enterprise:
NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43
The above Microsoft web page lists keys for other editions of Windows 10, so you could
instead convert to Windows 10 Professional, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Enterprise
2015 LTSB (Long Term Servicing Branch), and other editions of Windows 10.
After a moment, Windows 10 will offer to “Upgrade your edition of Windows.” Be sure to save
your open les and close applications before continuing, as your computer will restart during
this process.
Windows 10 will reboot when the process is done. This process took us less than 20
minutes, even in a slower virtual machine.
After the process is complete, you can visit the Settings > Update & Security > Activation
again. You’ll see that you’re now using Windows 10 Enterprise. All the Enterprise-only
features will be available on your PC.
However, if you used a KMS key, your system will no longer be activated and Windows 10 will
begin to inform you of this. That’s a ne trade-off for being able to try out these features in a
virtual machine or on a secondary PC, but may not be convenient on your primary PC.
Does Microsoft have a problem with this this? We don’t really know, but if they did, they could
x the problem in several ways, so it’s likely this is by design. It’s a convenient tip for
developers, enthusiasts, and system administrators who want see what those extra features
are all about.
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