Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 Upgrade Guide

PKEA license overview

This overview covers everything that you need to know about the PKEA license, including acquisition and reallocation procedures.

PKEA delivery

After purchasing an upgrade solution, it is delivered in a physical package. The upgrade kit includes:

Activation key on a physical scratch card for a single device only.
The physical scratch card has the 5x5 license key.
The 5x5 license key is covered with a silver scratch-off layer for theft protection.

NOTE: Product Key Entry Activation (PKEA) license key can be used with any supported device. To activate multiple devices, you must track each license key and its associated Service Tag using the CSV template file in Wyse Management Suite (WMS). For more information, see Add PKEA license keys for activation

License retrieval

When the Windows 11 IoT Enterprise upgrade kit is delivered, you can view the 5x5 license key by scratching off the silver security layer.

NOTE:The barcode and QR code on the scratch card cannot be scanned to retrieve the license key.

License reusability information

For efficient reuse of PKEA keys within your organization, Microsoft allows the removal of a PKEA key from the original device, provided the system verifies the removal before reallocating the key to a new device.