Windows 11 typically follows a yearly update cycle, but Microsoft recently broke with that tradition a bit by releasing a “26H1” build in the first half of this year as a release only for select new PCs. This build was not available to customers running builds 24H2 and 25H2, as Microsoft is reportedly preparing 26H2 for everyone, which has been officially confirmed for the first time.
In a post on the Windows IT Pro Blog, Microsoft is urging IT administrators to prepare for the upcoming release of Windows 11 version 26H2. The company confirmed that this will be a small enablement package (eKB) that will simply enable some disabled features that are already in the operating system codebase. This means that the “improved” Windows update and deployment experience will be simpler and faster, with minimal disruption, as the feature update will simply enable a few flags instead of a complete replacement.
