{"id":186948,"date":"2025-08-30T09:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/186948\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T09:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:25:12","slug":"microsofts-next-annual-update-for-windows-11-is-in-release-preview-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/186948\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s next annual update for Windows 11 is in Release Preview testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">So, will you see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/683818\/microsoft-windows-11-new-start-menu-testing-dev-channel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new UI features<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/686968\/microsoft-has-started-testing-its-ai-agent-in-the-settings-app\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more AI tweaks<\/a> included on your desktop with this update? Microsoft didn\u2019t mention many specific features or changes in the update, other than confirming it shares the same new features and enhancements as the previous version, 24H2, which flips on new features throughout the year, along with some notes for IT:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"duet--article--blockquote ewrhy30 _1xwtict9\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">Windows 11, version 25H2 also includes some feature removals such as PowerShell 2.0 and Windows Management Instrumentation command-line (WMIC). And for our commercial customers, Windows 11, version 25H2 includes the ability for IT admins to remove select pre-installed Microsoft Store apps via Group Policy\/MDM CSP on Enterprise\/EDU devices.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">As Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/windows-itpro-blog\/get-ready-for-windows-11-version-25h2\/4426437\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">detailed in June<\/a>, using its shared servicing branch means updating from the current 24H2 version to 25H2 takes a single restart, as new features are added in earlier updates but left disabled until the enablement package activates them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">To get the update, you can join the Release Preview channel and get Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) now by going to the Windows Update section of settings and choosing to install it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So, will you see new UI features or more AI tweaks included on your desktop with this update?&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[252,50,242,158,67,132,68,794],"class_list":{"0":"post-186948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-microsoft","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-tech","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-windows"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115117000302308592","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}