Windows 10: Windows 10 Enterprise E3 available as partner delivered cloud service

Source: Windows 10 Enterprise E3 now available as a partner delivered cloud service | Windows For Your Business

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Hi Kent,

Question, was your original Windows 10 Enterprise license activated using KMS (Key Management Server); or was it a Cloud Service Provider license such as Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5?

 

Windows 10 Enterprise E3 (local only)

Windows 10 Enterprise E3 can only be purchased through a Cloud Service Provider, so it likely means through a third party vendor.

 

Does anyone know how to actually activate this license? And does it require the OS to be Professional prior to activation?

 

It's a subscription service.
Starting this fall, businesses can get enterprise-grade security and management capabilities at just $7 a seat per month for the first time through the Cloud Solution Provider channel.
Read more at Announcing New Subscription Options for Windows 10 and Surface for Businesses | Windows Experience Blog


https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexp...ZMGooWctuDD.97

 

Questions:
Does this subscription assume that the subscriber operates AD, DNS and other infrastructure elements? If so, I'm wondering if some enterprising resellers will offer self-serve (self-admin?) versions of such things to complete the offering. That would be a truly cloud-based Windows offering then...
--Ed--