Microsoft is continuing its highly acclaimed — and badly needed — preview program for those who want to ensure their software continues to run once Windows 10 is updated. If you have software you’re peddling to Win10 customers, or if you’re in charge of keeping a bevy of Win10 PCs running, better get with the system and devote at least one test machine to the Insider Release Preview ring.
There’s a lot of misinformation in the press about the role of Release Preview builds. The concept’s pretty easy: Release Preview builds give devs and admins a chance to shoot holes in mainstream Win10 updates before they’re released to the unwashed masses.