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80180018

80180018: enrollment fails with Something went wrong

Windows enrollment in Intune or another MDM fails with 80180018, usually because of the user's licence or their number of enrolled devices.

From Microsoft's documentation, checked 9 Nov 2026.

Intune Windows enrollmentEnrollmentwarning
Error text as Microsoft documents it
Error code 80180018 on the "Something went wrong" error page

Also searched as: 0x80180018

What it means

Microsoft's Autopilot troubleshooting FAQ lists the common causes of 80180018 on the Something went wrong page as incorrect or missing licences assigned to the user, or too many devices already enrolled for the user, and points to the Windows enrollment troubleshooting article.

Common causes

  • The user has an incorrect or missing licence.
  • The user already has too many devices enrolled.
From Microsoft's documentation

How to fix it

1

Read the MDM enrollment log

Read the device's MDM diagnostics admin log around the time of the failure for the enrollment error.

Get-WinEvent -LogName "Microsoft-Windows-DeviceManagement-Enterprise-Diagnostics-Provider/Admin" -MaxEvents 50
2

Check the user's licence

Make sure the user has the correct licence for Intune assigned.

3

Check the user's enrolled devices

Check how many devices the user already has enrolled, and remove devices they no longer use if they've reached your limit.

How to confirm it's fixed

  • Enrollment completes and the device appears under the user in the Intune admin center.
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