computerworld Microsoft previews new way to upgrade Windows 10

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Microsoft, which has not given up on pushing frequent feature changes to Windows 10 users, this week introduced the concept of Windows Feature Experience Packs as a way to increase the number of times during a year when customers receive new shiny things.

 

On Monday, Microsoft released a preview of a first Windows Feature Experience Pack to participants in the company's Windows Insider beta program. "By testing this process first with Windows Insiders, we hope to expand the scope and the frequency of releases in the future," Brandon LeBlanc, a senior program manager, wrote in a post to a company blog. "Eventually, Windows Feature Experience Pack updates will get folded into the already existing servicing process for Windows 10 and delivered to customers that way through Windows Update."

 

Source: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3599875/microsoft-previews-new-way-to-upgrade-windows-10.html

 

As an IT admin, not a huge fan of this. One of the "Good" things about feature updates rolled out 2-3 times a year is you could site back and read all the changes in each roll-out and check for possible issues related to existing software etc. It also made recovery far easier, if you install a feature update and it borks something, you know where it stems from EXACTLY. However if you roll these things out monthly or basically whenever MS feels it should, this muddies the water a little, granted it is not impossible to figure out, but it does make life a little harder to IT techs and where MS is concerned, please no lol.

Edited December 16, 2020 by axipher
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I love MS's simplicity to run, but @ times like this as a user I feel like I'm living in this song.... 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

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On 12/6/2020 at 4:39 PM, Diffident said:

 

In a nutshell lol.