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dhessel
Jun 23, 2023Brass Contributor
Server Insider: lack of attention / releases
I really feel that the Server side of Windows Insider isn't getting enough attention - They stopped making blog posts for many releases (or any form of heads up that a new build got uploaded at t...
- Jan 26, 2024New build just dropped, sorry for the delays
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-server-insiders/announcing-windows-server-preview-build-26040/m-p/4040858
dhessel
Jan 13, 2024Brass Contributor
one last thing i want to get off my mind Elden_Christensen is: please make a new build after Patch Tuesday more guaranteed, i mean we have a better chance of seeing regular Windows 11 Insider (Dev and Canary channel) builds on the Thursday or Friday after Patch Tuesday, which is second tuesday of the month, than we have for Server insider builds.
There is no server insider build since December, even though i hoped for one yesterday or thursday. This opens up Server Insider preview administrators to security vulnerabilities that were addressed as part of the patch tuesday in any relevant week where a Server build is missed (in this case: this week), as the release schedule isn't as tight as for Windows 11 Insider Preview releases. If there is one area you always want all CVE patches and to be as secure as possible, it's in the server space, where a lot of cyberattacks take place every day worldwide, especially against enterprise users. Let this not be a con for testing out server features, i hope you can work on putting extra attention to deliver a build at the Thursday/Friday after a Patch Tuesday, it's only once a month, surely you can make that happen, right? And, if you dont want me & some others to suffer from security bugs until Friday next week (even then it's not certain a build will arrive.. as usual) then maybe upload the missed one now with a delay. I am using the December build and ain't feeling very safe using it, im grinding my teeth until finally we get another build.
Elden_Christensen
Microsoft
Jan 13, 2024dhessel sorry the build from last week had some delays, it will drop early this week. It’s got some cool stuff coming, stay tuned!!!
- dhesselJan 20, 2024Brass Contributor
OK, by now it's saturday, and there is no build.. i dont think that it was true; there won't be a build, right? Again.. why not? This is making server operators insecure.
Things like this, repeatedly, is why operators may start leaving the Server Insider program, unfortunately. I don't think that is Microsoft's desire?
Elden_Christensen- Karl-WEJan 22, 2024MVP
dhessel understand your disappointment.
Can you confirm there has been no LCU 01-2024 update for the lastest insider build?
Thanks for double check in Windows Update history in settings app or get-hotfix | sort installedon
Would you be interested to share more about your Windows Insider use in my other thread?
- Elden_ChristensenJan 22, 2024
Microsoft
We have unfortunately run into one issue after another which has delayed getting a new build out 😞 Sorry for the delays, we are working on it... should be very soon
- dhesselJan 19, 2024Brass ContributorHello Elden_Christensen .. thursday is gone, but i dont see a build yet (Win11 insider received it nearly 24 hours ago). I hope it's not going to skip again?