Windows Insider Program
Windows Insider Program is an initiative by Microsoft that allows users of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server to opt into testing out new, unfinished versions of the operating system. The first build to be publicly released via the Insider Program was Windows 10 build 9841.
Channels[edit | edit source]
The Insider program allows users to pick the builds they want to receive by enrolling to a specific channel. The Insider infrastructure is also used for Microsoft's internal selfhosting effort, with internal channels receiving builds both before and after the public channels; however, they are not a formal part of the Insider program.
- Dev (formerly Fast Ring): This is the first channel in the Insider program to receive builds from the current development cycle. Between 2017 and 2019 an option called Skip Ahead also existed, which allowed a limited number of users to receive builds from the next development cycle, while the rest received builds from the stabilization stage of the current cycle.
- Beta (formerly Slow Ring): This channel receives builds of the next Windows 11 feature update. If both Dev and Beta channels track the same development cycle, the Beta channel usually gets the same builds after being tested in the Dev channel.
- Release Preview: This channel receives new app and OS updates (including feature updates) prior to their general rollout to consumers. It is the newest Insider channel, being introduced in 2016. Following the release of Windows 11, it is the only channel to receive new pre-release Windows 10 updates.
Latest builds[edit | edit source]
| Desktop and Server | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel | Current version | Upgrade | Download | Feature Experience Pack | |
| Dev | Copper | 25252.1010 (2022-12-01) |
25247.1000 (2022-11-18) |
1000.25252.1010.0 (2022-12-01) | |
| Beta | Windows 11 2022 Update | 22623.1028 (2022-12-06) |
22621.1 (2022-05-11) |
1000.22638.1000.0 (2022-11-17) | |
| 22621.1028 (2022-12-06) | |||||
| Release Preview | 22621.900 (2022-11-29) | ||||
| Windows 11 (original release) | 22000.1281 (2022-11-15) |
— | 1000.22000.1281.0 (2022-11-15) | ||
| Windows 10 2022 Update | 19045.2311 (2022-11-15) |
19045.1826 (2022-07-28) |
120.2212.4170.0 (2022-01-25) | ||
| Server | Copper | — | 25246.1001 (2022-11-16) |
1000.25246.1001.0 (2022-11-16) | |
| Other platforms and development kits | |||||
| Platform/kit | Current version | Build | |||
| Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) | Copper | 25252.1000 (2022-12-01) | |||
| Preinstallation Environment | |||||
| Software Development Kit (SDK) | |||||
| Windows Driver Kit (WDK) | |||||
| Enterprise Windows Driver Kit (EWDK) | |||||
| Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) | Windows 11 2022 Update | 22621.1 (2022-05-24) | |||
| HoloLens | Windows Holographic Insider Preview | 22621.1026 (2022-10-06) | |||
| Windows 10 Team vNext | TBD | 19101.1120 (2022-12-01) | |||
| Windows 10 IoT Core | Windows 10 October 2018 Update | 17763.437[a] (2019-04-09) | |||
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The latest available builds for download from the Windows Insider Download Center are 17744.1001 and 17733.1000, whereas build 17763 can be downloaded from an alternative page.