Microsoft today announced that they have officially finished their work on Windows 10 May 2020 Update (20H1). The company has issued Build 19041.207 and has made it available to Insiders in the Release Preview ring. This indicates that it won't take long to get Windows version 2004 in the production branch.
Build 19041.207 (KB4550936) includes all of the 20H1 features in addition to the following quality improvements and security updates:
- This build is cumulative and includes all the fixes released to Windows Insiders in the Slow ring in Build 19041.21 through Build 19041.173.
- We fixed an issue that causes the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service (rpcss.exe) to close unexpectedly and the device stops working. Then you must restart the device.
- We fixed an issue that causes the Device Enrollment Status Page (ESP) on managed devices to stop responding if a policy that requires a restart is installed on the device.
- We fixed an issue that might prevent the rear camera flash from functioning as expected on devices that have a rear camera.
- It also includes the latest security updates to the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows Kernel, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Shell, Windows Management, Windows Cloud Infrastructure, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Authentication, Windows Virtualization, Windows Core Networking, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows Update Stack, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.
The May 2020 Update will only get pushed automatically to a subset of Windows Insiders in the Release Preview ring at first. Everyone else can manually go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and manually check for updates and choose to install the May 2020 Update package.
Windows 10 version 2004, known as '20H1', is the next feature update to Windows 10, which supersedes version 1909, '19H2'. Microsoft has finished 20H1 development, so recent builds do not include a desktop watermark. It is expected to become widely available in May, 2020, and includes the following changes:
What’s new in Windows 10 Version 2004 (20H1)
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- Find Which Windows 10 Edition You Have Installed
- How to find the Windows 10 version you are running
- How to find the Windows 10 build number you are running
- How to install CAB and MSU updates in Windows 10
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The only reason anyone cares about this release is because it’s a major Windows 10 update, and major updates can fail catastrophically and/or result in new and weird bugs that ruin a previously healthy and functional system.
In other words, we’re paying attention to the news of this release less so before of its “features” (which affect few) and rather its potential for bugs or other problems (which affect many). I wish Windows 10 didn’t have this reputation but it’s well deserved by now. Can’t blame us.
Fingers crossed, I will out of insider ring soon. :)
Thanks Sergey!
What about 20H2?)
He he! No, thank you. I am stabilising my life. :D ;)
Sergey, MS decided to release build 19041.208 in the RP ring as of April 30:
blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/04/30/getting-the-may-2020-update-ready-for-release-updated
“While we originally thought that Build 19041.207 would be the final build, we made the decision to take in one more fix we felt was important to have before making the May 2020 Update generally available. We believe that Build 19041.208 is the new final build and still plan on continuing to improve the overall experience of the May 2020 Update on customers’ PCs as part of our normal servicing cadence.”
Thanks. Just wrote about it :-)