Microsoft will temporarily discontinue nonessential updates for Windows starting in May
Starting in May, Microsoft will only release important security updates for Windows, nonessential additions, are paused. Microsoft says it does that to keep Windows running as stable as possible during the corona pandemic.
Microsoft: Timing for upcoming Windows optional C and D releases
We have been evaluating the public health situation, and we understand this is impacting our customers. In response to these challenges we are prioritizing our focus on security updates. Starting in May 2020, we are pausing all optional non-security releases (C and D updates) for all supported versions of Windows client and server products (Windows 10, version 1909 down through Windows Server 2008 SP2).
There is no change to the monthly security updates (B release – Update Tuesday); these will continue as planned to ensure business continuity and to keep our customers protected and productive.
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Awesome, keep it as feature and let users manually select what updates they want to get.
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Starting in may? What is this nonsense? They should start NOW if they want to do this. Bizarre decisions.
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So they'll begin working on Windows11 in May. 2 guys from the security office will have to deal with all the left over stuff. xD
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Even now is too late.

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So less buggy feature updates that break it for some?