Windows 10 20H1 Software Development Kit (SDK) Build Tracker

Microsoft is already working on the first feature update of 2020 for Windows 10 which is code named 20H1 and is expected to be released in Spring 2020. To go along with that process, the Redmond company has also begun work on the accompanying Software Development Kit (SDK) that will give developers early access to the new tools and capabilities in this upcoming feature update.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

December 17, 2019

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Windows 10 (20H1) Software Development Kit (SDK) Build Tracker

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Microsoft released the final SDK for Windows 10 (Version 2004) on May 15th, 2020.

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As part of Microsoft's Windows Insider's and Windows Insider's for Business programs, participants have been receiving client builds for the first feature update of 2020 for a couple of months now. That next feature update for Windows 10 , code named 20H1, is expected to be released in the Spring of 2020.

Along with those early test builds of the operating system client, the SDK for 20H1 is also now under development.  

For developers, a feature update to Windows 10 means new capabilities and features that can be accessed through system APIs in the updated operating system. That means time needs to be spent updating the underlying code of current enterprise, business, and consumer apps so they are ready when that next feature update is released. That is where SDK's play a critical role as those new updates are being developed.

Windows 10 20H1 Client Build Tracker

This SDK contains the new APIs for updated features and capabilities that the developer can access and put to use in their own apps as the operating system is being updated. That means once the new feature update for Windows 10 is ready, these developers can also release updated apps immediately that are ready to take advantage of those new features.

There is no set schedule for SDK release but Microsoft usually releases new software development kits for Windows 10 20H1 following the availability of a Windows Insider Program fast ring build in the 20H1 branch. That means there is usually a one week period of time between the release of a fast ring build to testers and the availability of the new SDK release for that build.

This tracker, along with our Windows 10 20H1 Client Build Tracker, will help you keep an eye on these releases in one place instead of tracking multiple blog posts and release notes.

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Note: All update information is courtesy of Microsoft.

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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