Microsoft pushes Windows users to … 20H1?

Microsoft today revealed that Windows Insiders in the Quick Ring will soon test a new version of Windows 10. The problem? It is not the following version of Windows 10, called 19H2. This is the next. Called 20H1.

Windows Insider says whaaaat?

"The update of the update Windows 10 May 2019 being soon shared with the ringtone of the preliminary version, we plan to move the Windows insiders in the fast ringing around 20H1," reads in a message from Microsoft to Insiders . "We will also merge the small group of insiders who have chosen to jump into the Quick Circle. We are looking to make this change in the coming weeks. "

What that means is not clear.

On the one hand, the end of the magic window, this period during which insiders can safely unregister the program's computers and resume the normal update with the rest of humanity, is coming soon . So, if you want to do that, the time has come.

But advancing the fast ring testers to two versions of Windows is a first. Microsoft had already done this, and only once, with those of Skip Ahead.

So, let's speculate.

We know that 19H2 is still in progress. Microsoft must have a plan to test it. Mary Jo thinks this change means that 19H2 will be a minor update, and I think she's right. I still guess that 19H2 will be tested in the ring Slow, which is interesting on several levels. More specifically, Microsoft forgets that the Slow ring exists even for months. I guess that will have to change.

When you combine this information with this week's cataclysmic retreat on Windows as a Service, it finally seems that Microsoft is seriously looking to make Windows 10 maintenance less intrusive for all of its customers, both personal and business. I had always thought that such a thing was inevitable, but watching it happen suddenly and quickly is almost breathtaking. It's like watching the Berlin Wall fall.