Quick Tip: Go Here To Find Out When The Next Windows 10 Build Is Coming

If you know where to look it is possible to get a heads up when the next Windows 10 Redstone 2 is about to get released to Windows Insiders. For many this spot will be obvious but it doesn't hurt to know and share with your Fast Ring friends.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

September 1, 2016

2 Min Read
Quick Tip: Go Here To Find Out When The Next Windows 10 Build Is Coming

During the last few weeks of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update testing cycle, builds were being released at a near ludicrous pace to Windows Insiders.

Since the release of Windows 10 Version 1607, aka the Anniversary Update, nearly one month ago we have now had three different releases of Windows 10 Redstone 2 testing builds for evaluating updates for the next major update of Windows 10 which is expected in early 2017.

I now have scientific social media evidence that the release of each of those three Redstone 2 builds are tipped publicly before they are released and made available to Windows Insiders.

The key is to know where to look for those tips and they actually come from a very obvious source - the head of the Windows Insider Program - Dona Sarkar.

Let me lay out the social media trail for each of the three Redstone 2 releases over the last month.

Windows 10 Redstone 2 Build 14901 for PCs

Release officially announced on Twitter by @donasarkar on 11 August 2016 at 6:32 PM (Eastern)

The release was tipped by @donsarkar seven hours earlier on Twitter:

Windows 10 Redstone 2 Build 14905 for PCs and Mobile

Release officially announced on Twitter by @donasarkar on 17 August 2016 at 1:02 PM (Eastern)

The release was tipped by @donasarkar 45 minutes earlier on Twitter:

Windows 10 Redstone 2 Build 14915 for PCs and Mobile

Release officially announced on Twitter by @donasarkar on 31 August 20165 at 1:01 PM (Eastern)

The release was tipped by @donasarkar 26 minutes earlier on Twitter:

How is that for a scientific method? Sometimes if you just pay attention to the right places you can learn alot.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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