Reports - Windows 10 will hit Release to Manufacturing milestone this week

RTM is a significant milestone in the development of Windows 10 as it marks its readiness to be pushed to Microsoft's OEM partners and ultimately end users.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

July 6, 2015

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Reports - Windows 10 will hit Release to Manufacturing milestone this week

After a very busy week that included three builds for Windows Insiders and detailing the plans for rolling out Windows 10 on 29 July 2015 it now appears that Microsoft will cross a very important step in the Windows 10 development cycle this week.

Release to Manufacturing, more commonly known as RTM, is a point that marks Microsoft's readiness to push the final code to its OEM partners and ultimately end users on Windows 7 and 8.1 as an upgrade.

The Windows RTM milestone used to normally occur a few months before the planned General Availability (GA) of the upcoming operating system but in this new era of Windows as a Service (WaaS) the OS is never really done and will be updated on a regularly basis with new features, fixes and other updates.

In the case of Windows 10 this RTM is happening just a little more than three weeks before the OS is scheduled to go live to the world on 29 July.

So what does RTM mean to you? It simply means that the progression of Windows 10 is moving forward and is on track for its GA date later this month.

The larger question is whether or not Windows Insiders will receive this RTM build prior to 29 July to test it out or will that date be the first public release of RTM?

I think there is a remote possibility that Windows Insiders will see this RTM build ahead of 29 July as it would be beneficial for Microsoft to collect telemetry across a wide range of system configurations in order to address any lingering issues with Day 1 updates.

What do you think? Is Windows 10 ready for RTM based on the quality of build 10162 that was released to Windows Insiders last week?

Be sure to vote in this weeks SuperSite for Windows Poll and let us know your thoughts.

Source: WinBeta, Neowin and The Verge

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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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