Microsoft has quietly posted official Windows 11 ISO images for Insiders, giving testers, OEMs, and IT teams the first gated chance to perform clean installs and full out‑of‑box experience (OOBE) validation for the upcoming Windows 11 feature update — the 25H2 Release Preview build family (Build...
Microsoft has quietly completed the last public validation step for Windows 11 version 25H2 by publishing official ISO installation media to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview channel, a move that puts clean-install and imaging workflows back into IT teams’ hands ahead of a likely October...
Microsoft has made Windows 11’s annual refresh—version 25H2—available as official ISO media to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview channel, completing the packaging that IT teams, OEMs and advanced users need for clean installs and image-based testing even as the bulk rollout continues to be...
Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to testers in the Windows Insider Release Preview channel, delivering the update primarily as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) that flips features already staged on 24H2 devices — while Microsoft delays broad ISO publication and...
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Microsoft has quietly pushed the official ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel — a small but significant shift that gives IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts canonical installation media for clean installs and imaging while the enablement-package rollout continues...
Microsoft quietly pulled back the promised ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 this week, updating its Release Preview announcement to say the ISOs are “delayed and coming soon” even as the update itself lands in the Release Preview channel as an enablement-package style release...
Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 (Release Preview Build 26200.5074) available to the Release Preview channel — a near‑final, enablement package release that flips features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream and brings a focused set of manageability, security, and AI...
Microsoft has quietly pushed Windows 11, version 25H2, into the Release Preview Channel—but don’t expect a parade of shiny consumer features. The update is being delivered as a lightweight enablement package on top of the existing 24H2 servicing branch, which means it activates features...
Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel as a deliberately small, operational update — an enablement package that flips features already staged throughout the 24H2 servicing stream rather than delivering a headline, consumer-facing feature list — and...
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Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2, into the Release Preview channel — a near‑final enablement‑package update identified in preview builds as Build 26200.5074 — opening the formal validation window for Insiders, IT pilots and commercial customers ahead of a broader, staged rollout...
Microsoft has quietly pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 (preview Build 26200.5074) into the Release Preview Channel and is delivering it as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) that flips features already staged on 24H2 systems — a move that prioritizes security, manageability and low-impact...
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Microsoft’s 2025 Windows 11 update arrives as a quiet, operational pivot: Windows 11, version 25H2 is being shipped as a small enablement package that flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream, contains no headline-grabbing consumer features at launch, and explicitly removes...
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Microsoft has quietly pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) into the Release Preview channel — and unlike many headline OS releases, this one arrives as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) that flips features already staged on devices rather than replacing the whole...
Microsoft has opened the gates for early access to the next Windows 11 annual update: Windows 11, version 25H2 is now available to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview channel and is being delivered as a small enablement package (eKB) that activates pre‑staged features already present on the...
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Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel while publicly denying any link between August’s cumulative updates and a rash of user-reported SSD failures — a week that illustrated both Microsoft’s increasingly disciplined servicing model and the fragility of...
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Microsoft’s next Windows 11 annual update, version 25H2, is not a headline-grabbing reinvention of the desktop — it’s a deliberate, operationally focused release that prioritizes stability, manageability, and measured AI integration over bold new consumer-facing flourishes. This update arrives...
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Microsoft has begun distributing Windows 11 version 25H2 to Insiders in the Release Preview channel, a move that signals the annual feature update is production‑adjacent and ready for targeted validation ahead of a broader public rollout later this year. (blogs.windows.com)
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Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now on the cusp of broad testing — but this year Microsoft shipped something that tidies and trims more than it innovates.
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Microsoft has moved Windows 11 version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel, signalling that the update is...
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Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now moving from staged preview into its final validation ring: Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to Release Preview Insiders and commercial customers for targeted testing, delivered as an enablement package on top of the 24H2...
Releasing Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Release Preview Channel — what you need to know (for Insiders, IT pros, and forum readers)
Today (August 29, 2025) the Windows Insider team made this year’s annual feature update — Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) — available in the Release...
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