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Office 365 Commercial, First Release, Slow Ring, what version?
That paragraph is just saying First Release for Current Channel is equivalent to the consumer Office Insider program. It doesn't relate to First Release for Office 365 (select or everyone).
First Release for Deferred Channel is more to do with testing the next Deferred Channel and getting ready for it. Here is what https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Best-practices-Planning-for-enterprise-managed-98799ea9-3b93-46b4-b399-b9fcab3e1d80:
1% get Current Channel
10% get First Release for Deferred Channel
89% get Deferred Channel
The https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/What-s-new-for-Office-Insiders-c152d1e2-96ff-4ce9-8c14-e74e13847a24 in first release for current channel.
The way to force your Office install to use the First Release for Current Channel, is specifically to use a configuration.xml file similar to what I mentioned when installing Office. Then Office will be on this channel and receive the appropriate updates. I have also switched channels with https://officedev.github.io/Office-IT-Pro-Deployment-Scripts/XmlEditor.html (Install Toolkit) before:
Hi Ivan,
It depends how do you have setup your Office 365 Pro Plus, if you have downloaded from the site it will be in Current Branch.
Read more here https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Overview-of-update-channels-for-Office-365-ProPlus-9ccf0f13-28ff-4975-9bd2-7e4ea2fefef4
You have to setup with ODT like this:
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="32" Channel="InsiderFast">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">