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Confused about Semi-Annual Channel (Pilot) and Semi-Annual Channel (Broad) Timing
Those are the new terms that we're working on. So let me answer that in two different ways, "old" vs. "new" terms:
- New Windows 10 releases are initially considered "Current Branch" releases, to be used for piloting. After a period of about four months, we'll declare the release as a "Current Branch for Business" release, ready for broad deployment.
- New Windows 10 releases in the Semi-Annual Channel are initially to be used for pilot deployments. After about four months, we'll declare that the release is ready for broad deployment.
Regardless of the terms, the 18 months is for the release, e.g. Windows 10 1703, and that 18 months starts from the date that it was released.
Michael Niehaus, Will the change in terminilogy affect the way configuration.xml is set for ODT?
We have ODT configured for two sets of people with
channel="current"
and
channel="deferred"
After Sep-2017, will the terms need to be changed to something like
channel="Semi-Annual Channel (Pilot)"
?
Abhimanyu Singh wrote:Michael Niehaus, Will the change in terminilogy affect the way configuration.xml is set for ODT?
We have ODT configured for two sets of people with
channel="current"
and
channel="deferred"
After Sep-2017, will the terms need to be changed to something like
channel="Semi-Annual Channel (Pilot)"
?
Michael Niehaus - Any clarification on the ODT channel names?