posting an update that it worked in the end. (somehow the VM i created as test used another SCSI adaptor and it didn’t play well)

The settings that are default for a Win10 x64 still needed secure boot to be turned off.

For those who might venture, here’s my settings for my clients.
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Time for some NAC + Jumpcloud + Chocolatey fun