Cyber: Essential Guide: Microsoft rolls out revamped Windows Insider Program

Cyber: Essential Guide: Microsoft rolls out revamped Windows Insider Program

Microsoft says it's rolling out a revamped Windows Insider Program experience as part of the broader plans to address reliability concerns in Windows 11. For those unaware, the Windows Insider Program is a beta testing program that allows you to test early Windows releases and provide your feedback to Microsoft. Until now, Microsoft has not really listened to all the feedback from testers, and all that has added up to a poor Windows experience. To address this, Microsoft is now making the Windows Insider Program simpler and more transparent in the hope that it will help with the development of Windows 11. In a blog post, Microsoft admitted that the current channel structure is confusing. Insider Program used to be simple when Microsoft replaced Insider Rings with Channels, similar to Chromium (Beta, Dev, and Canary), but over time, the structure has become more and more confusing. There's no clarity on what channel you should pick if you want to be on the edge and test new features as they develop internally at Microsoft. In fact, most testers never get access to experimental features, thanks to Microsoft's Controlled Feature Rollout (CFR). Microsoft has acknowledged that the experience is frustrating: you read about a new feature on the internet, update your PC, hoping to test and provide feedback, and then find out it’s not there.

Source: BleepingComputer