Earlier today, Microsoft released a new Dev build for Windows 11 Insiders, the KB5038603. Along with the bug fixes and other improvements that the new version brings, Microsoft also announced a new feature called “checkpoint cumulative updates.”
It's another Windows Update-related enhancement that Microsoft is bringing and it's similar to what system administrators (IT) use.
In one separate community blog post Microsoft's Maliha Qureshi, lead director of the program, explained what it is and how it will work.
Qureshi states:
In Windows 11, version 24H2, we introduce a new concept of cumulative checkpoint updates. This will allow you to receive features and security improvements of the latest cumulative update through smaller, incremental updates that contain only the changes from the previous checkpoint cumulative update. This means you will be able to save time, bandwidth and hard drive space.
From now on, Microsoft will periodically release cumulative updates as checkpoints.
So the next updates will consist of:
The update checkpoint files,
New update files that will gradually contain binaries different from the version of the binaries that existed at the last checkpoint.
This process can be repeated many times, thus creating multiple checkpoints during the life cycle of a version of Windows. The Windows 11, version 24H2 servicing stack can contain all checkpoints and download for installation only content that is missing from your device.
Essentially, the idea behind the new feature is shorter Windows update downloads and that means updates will be applied much faster.
Let's see….
