License Activation error in windows container

[nikunjrc-azcli]

We are using windows 2022 image from Microsoft registry and running it as windows container. As soon as we start it as container, we see error for license activation inside container event logs.

image we are using : mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/aspnet:4.8-windowsservercore-ltsc2022
Activate license Error we are getting in container:

{"Source": "EventLog","LogEntry": {"EventSource": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP","Time": "2025-04-09T14:30:48.000Z","Channel": "Application","Level": "Error","EventId": 8198,"Message": "License Activation (slui.exe) failed with the following error code:\r\nhr=0x8007232B\r\nCommand-line arguments:\r\nRuleId=eeba1977-569e-4571-b639-7623d8bfecc0;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=ef6cfc9f-8c5d-44ac-9aad-de6a2ea0ae03;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent"}}

Using below in docker file:
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/aspnet:4.8-windowsservercore-ltsc2022 AS runtime

docker version:
Client:
Version: 27.3.1
API version: 1.47
Go version: go1.22.7
Git commit: ce12230
Built: Fri Sep 20 11:42:27 2024
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Context: desktop-windows

Server: Docker Desktop 4.35.1 (173168)
Engine:
Version: 27.3.1
API version: 1.47 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.22.7
Git commit: 41ca978
Built: Fri Sep 20 11:40:58 2024
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Experimental: false

docker info
Client:
Version: 27.3.1
Context: desktop-windows
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.17.1-desktop.1
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v2.29.7-desktop.1
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
Version: 0.0.37
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Alpha) (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.0.15
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.2
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-dev.exe
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.27
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.0.5
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-feedback.exe
init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.3.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
Version: 0.6.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-sbom.exe
scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.14.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe

Server:
Containers: 2
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 2
Images: 150
Server Version: 27.3.1
Storage Driver: windowsfilter
Windows:
Logging Driver: json-file
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: ics internal l2bridge l2tunnel nat null overlay private transparent
Log: awslogs etwlogs fluentd gcplogs gelf json-file local splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Default Isolation: hyperv
Kernel Version: 10.0 22631 (22621.1.amd64fre.ni_release.220506-1250)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.5039)
OSType: windows
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 4
Total Memory: 15.95GiB
Name: CZDC36A-1001471
ID: 5e5be910-73d9-461e-80fa-711b84543c44
Docker Root Dir: C:\ProgramData\Docker
Debug Mode: false
Labels:
com.docker.desktop.address=npipe://\.\pipe\docker_cli
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
Product License: Community Engine

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[ntrappe-msft]

Thanks for sharing the details. From what we've observed, it looks like the license activation error is baked into the image itself. We ran a few different versions of the mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/aspnet:4.8-windowsservercore-ltsc2022 image across releases from 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. In each, we see the same activation error in the event logs. After running the containers for a few days, we also see that the container tries to activate the license every 24h, which leads to the same error showing up repeatedly.

Just wanted to clarify—are you seeing any functional impact from this error or is it just something you noticed in the logs?

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[ntrappe-msft]

Still haven't heard back from the licensing team.

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[miSchIng]

Hello @ntrappe-msft,
Is there any news on this issue?
It seems that this has been forgotten.
Please ask again, as there are certainly more people here who are waiting/hoping for a solution or are curious about it.
Thank you.

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[miSchIng]

Hello @ntrappe-msft,

any news about this?
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026. I hope we will see each other here again next year :)

Okay, I just saw that Nicole no longer works at Microsoft. Who will take over this topic?

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