It is time to check Windows Insider Settings

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The next feature update for Windows 10, the May 2019 Update, will be released at the end of May to the general public. The release and other decisions that Microsoft made in the recent past impact the Windows Insider program.

Microsoft published a short, and rather cryptic, post on the Windows Insider blog that suggests to users and administrators to check their Windows Insider Program settings.

Designed to give Windows users and administrators an option to test upcoming versions of Windows, it is used by Microsoft as a testing ground for bugs and issues.

The Insider Program for Windows features four different rings -- Skip Ahead, Fast, Slow, and Release -- that determine which build of Windows 10 is available to the device.

Up until recently, these meant the following:

* Skip Ahead -- Not open all the time, build of the next feature update that Microsoft is working on and not the soon-to-be-released one.

* Fast Ring -- Latest builds of the soon-to-be-released Feature Update.

* Slow Ring -- Same as fast, but not nearly as many builds and not latest.

* Release Preview Ring -- Closest to current release version, last test before a release is pushed to Stable systems. Could be preview of a cumulative update or new feature update right before release.

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