Windows 10 (20H1) Build Tracker for PCs

We track the history of the development builds released for the 20H1 feature update for Windows 10 which is scheduled for release in the March/April 2020 time frame.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

February 22, 2019

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Microsoft released the May 2020 Update, aka Windows 10 (Version 2004), for general availability on May 27, 2020.

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Microsoft's Windows Insider Program allows IT pros, system admins and enthusiasts to test pre-release versions of the next major feature update for Windows 10.

The first feature update expected in the first half of 2020 will be developed under the code name 20H1. While we do not know what major feature updates will be included as part of this development cycle for Windows 10, we do know that Microsoft is getting out ahead of its development much earlier than normal.

Microsoft develops feature updates for Windows 10 using a series of rings to test each build with various testers, commonly referred to as Windows Insiders.

Each ring has varying levels of risk concerning potential bugs or system instabilities that the testers could experience. This three ringed process consists of the Slow, Fast, and Skip Ahead Rings. 

For the first time in the more than three years of developing Windows 10, Microsoft is using the Skip Ahead ring to actually skip ahead to the feature update (20H1) after the next feature update (19H2).

Note: Microsoft has indicated that builds for the 19H2 feature update, expected later this year, will begin shortly after the current 19H1 feature update is nearly complete. Of course, we will have  tracker available once those builds start becoming available publicly to testers.

Windows 10 19H1 Build Tracker for PCs

There is often no indication that a build will be released until it is announced by the Windows Insider team and there is no schedule for when these builds will be flighted, Microsoft's process of evaluating a build for public release, but weekly releases are the norm in most circumstances.

Here at ITPro Today we track these build releases during each development cycle and this gallery documents the sequence of those releases from Microsoft. The builds will be listed in the order they have been released by Microsoft, with the latest build listed first. Just click through the gallery images to see the sequence of builds along with the build number, date of release, and a link to the release notes for that build.

Note: All update information is courtesy of Microsoft.

About the Author(s)

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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