Windows Insider Program

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Microsoft program beta testing program software testing program

The Windows Insider Program is a Microsoft initiative that lets users test and provide feedback on pre-release Windows builds before they are publicly released.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Feedback Hub app on Windows 1
Insider Beta Channel 1
Windows Insider Beta Channel 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Microsoft program ⓘ
beta testing program ⓘ
software testing program ⓘ
accessModel free enrollment ⓘ
appliesToSoftware Windows 10 ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ
Windows Server pre-release builds ⓘ
category software beta testing ⓘ
user feedback program ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
feedbackChannel Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Feedback Hub app on Windows
geographicScope global ⓘ
hasComponent Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Insider Beta Channel

Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Insider Dev Channel

Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Insider Release Preview Channel
inception 2014 ⓘ
industry software development ⓘ
launchDate 2014-09-30 ⓘ
offers access to experimental Windows builds ⓘ
early access to new Windows features ⓘ
opportunity to provide feedback to Microsoft ⓘ
officialWebsite https://insider.windows.com ⓘ
operatedBy Microsoft ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows
ownedBy Microsoft ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Corporation
partOf Windows ⓘ
surface form: Windows ecosystem
platform PC ⓘ
some Windows on ARM devices ⓘ
tablet ⓘ
purpose to allow users to test pre-release Windows builds ⓘ
to collect feedback on upcoming Windows features ⓘ
to improve Windows quality before public release ⓘ
relatedProgram Office Insider ⓘ
Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xbox Insider Program
replaced Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Insider Fast ring

Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Insider Slow ring
replacedBy channel model (Dev, Beta, Release Preview) ⓘ
requires Microsoft account ⓘ
compatible Windows device ⓘ
riskLevel less stable than general release builds ⓘ
targetAudience IT professionals ⓘ
developers ⓘ
early adopters ⓘ
enthusiasts ⓘ
updateMechanism Windows Update ⓘ
uses Feedback Hub ⓘ
website https://insider.windows.com ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Availability Channel → contrastWith → Windows Insider Program ⓘ
General Availability Channel → contrastWith → Windows Insider Program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Insider Beta Channel
Windows Insider Program → feedbackChannel → Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feedback Hub app on Windows
Windows Insider Program → hasComponent → Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Insider Dev Channel
Windows Insider Program → hasComponent → Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Insider Beta Channel
Windows Insider Program → hasComponent → Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Insider Release Preview Channel
Windows Insider Program → relatedProgram → Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xbox Insider Program
Windows Insider Program → replaced → Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Insider Fast ring
Windows Insider Program → replaced → Windows Insider Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Insider Slow ring
Windows → supportsUpdateChannel → Windows Insider Program ⓘ