Microsoft might be getting ready to experiment with more next-gen features on Windows 11's recently introduced Canary channel. This may be hinted at by an upcoming change in the build numbers.
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Microsoft has now quietly entered the Windows 11 Zinc semester, the next major Windows development milestone. The change occurred this month with the recent Dev channel 2524x Insider builds.
As the company re-releases the October 2018 update over a month after its initial rollout, Microsoft is promising a greater emphasis on quality and transparency with regard to Windows 10 updates.
The original version of Windows 10 - that is version 1507 - is reaching the end of its lifecycle. Microsoft will no longer be issuing security updates to machines running this iteration of the OS.
Microsoft is hosting an online AMA ('Ask Microsoft Anything') event later this week, offering the "opportunity to connect with members of the Windows product and engineering teams".
Microsoft has said time and time again that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for the first year and on their Windows site, they re-iterate that they will not charge for additional updates either.
It has been rumored for some time that Microsoft would take Windows to the cloud and offer it as a service, but this could be a reference to their Azure RemoteApp product that offers up the DaaS.
Microsoft's Windows as a Service is the next big platform for the company as they move away from tradtional sales models and move it's most coveted piece of software, Windows, to a subscription model.
A new report from Wzor states that the Start menu will make its return to Windows this fall - but that's not all: there are a few more details about a new Windows Cloud service as well.
