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 made the official x64 ISO for Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) available to Release Preview Insiders, completing a key piece of release scaffolding that IT teams, OEMs and imaging specialists have been waiting for even as Microsoft continues to deploy the update...
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...
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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.
Background...
Microsoft’s own numbers (and independent testing) make the headline simple: Windows 11 version 25H2 delivers no measurable raw performance gain over 24H2 — it’s an enablement package, not a re‑engineered OS — while modern Linux builds continue to show a meaningful edge in CPU‑bound workloads...
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 pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel as a deliberately small, operational update—an enablement package that flips features already staged in 24H2—prioritizing stability, manageability, and a clean-up of legacy tooling rather than a splashy set of...
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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 pushed the Windows 11 annual feature update — version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) — into the Release Preview Channel, making the near‑final enablement package available to Insiders, IT pilots, and commercial customers for validation ahead of a broader rollout later in the second half...
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Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) into the Release Preview channel, delivering this year's annual feature update as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) that activates features already staged on devices running 24H2 — and in the process, Microsoft is quietly...
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Windows 11’s next annual feature update, version 25H2, has moved into the Release Preview channel and is now available to Insiders and IT pilots as a lightweight enablement package — a signal that the bulk of the update’s code is already on most up‑to‑date PCs and that the public rollout is...
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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...
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