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Observation details · observed 23 Oct 09:55 UTC
Observed by ChangeIntel
23 Oct 09:55 UTC
Source update metadata
25 Sep 17:36 UTC
First observed on this installation
5 Oct 17:20 UTC
Last successful check
today 05:02 UTC
Next check due
today 11:02 UTC

Observation time is not publication time, and a comparison does not establish an effective date. Full source bodies are not published; this page holds generated summaries, section headings and, as the page's license allows, Microsoft's changed wording. A documentation edit does not confirm feature availability in an environment.

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Timeline

From the capture of 23 Oct 09:55 UTC
Earliest published date November 2026 in 6 days · Windows Mixed Reality (announced)
  • 39 dates
  • 2 undated sections
  • 17 with conditions
  1. Announced3 May 2018 Planned; nothing changes yet
  2. Retired / removedSeptember 2019 Removed or unsupported
  3. AnnouncedJuly 2021 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  4. AnnouncedJuly 2022 Planned; nothing changes yet
  5. AnnouncedNovember 2022 Planned; nothing changes yet
  6. AnnouncedJanuary 2023 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  7. AnnouncedJune 2023 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  8. Announced1 Aug 2023 Planned; nothing changes yet
  9. Announced17 Aug 2023 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  10. Announced1 Sep 2023 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  11. AnnouncedSeptember 2023 Planned; nothing changes yet
  12. Retired / removedOctober 2023 Removed or unsupported
  13. AnnouncedNovember 2023 Planned; nothing changes yet
  14. AnnouncedDecember 2023 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  15. Retired / removedJanuary 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  16. AnnouncedMarch 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  17. Retired / removedApril 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  18. Retired / removedafter May 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  19. AnnouncedJune 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  20. Retired / removedJuly 2024 Removed or unsupported
  21. Announced30 Jul 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  22. Retired / removedAugust 2024 Removed or unsupported
  23. Retired / removedSeptember 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  24. Retired / removedOctober 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  25. Retired / removedNovember 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  26. Announced4 Nov 2024 Planned; nothing changes yet
  27. AnnouncedDecember 2024 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  28. AnnouncedFebruary 2025 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  29. AnnouncedApril 2025 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  30. Announced8 Apr 2025 Planned; nothing changes yet
  31. AnnouncedMay 2025 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  32. AnnouncedJune 2025 Planned; nothing changes yet
  33. AnnouncedJuly 2025 Planned; nothing changes yet
  34. Retired / removedSeptember 2025 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  35. AnnouncedFebruary 2026 Planned; nothing changes yet
  36. Retired / removed14 Apr 2026 Removed or unsupported
  37. Announced1 Jul 2026 Now: Planned; nothing changes yet
  38. AnnouncedAugust 2026 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  39. Announcedafter November 2026 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  1. 8 years agonumeric month/dayAnnounced
  2. 7 years agomonth windowRetired / removed
  3. 5 years agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
    • Timelinein Deprecated featuresMilestone1 condition
  4. 4 years agomonth windowAnnounced
  5. 3 years agomonth windowAnnounced
  6. 3 years agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
  7. 3 years agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
  8. 3 years agoAnnounced
  9. 3 years agoAnnounced · unconfirmed
    • AllJoynin Deprecated featuresMilestoneRecommendation1 condition
  10. 3 years agoAnnounced · unconfirmed
    • WordPadin Deprecated featuresMilestoneRequirementRecommendation1 condition
  11. 3 years agomonth windowAnnounced
  12. 2 years agomonth windowRetired / removed
  13. 2 years agomonth windowAnnounced
  14. 2 years agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
  15. 2 years agomonth windowRetired / removed · unconfirmed
  16. 2 years agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
  17. 2 years agomonth windowRetired / removed · unconfirmed
  18. 2 years agomonth windowafterRetired / removed · unconfirmed
  19. 2 years agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
    • DirectAccessin Deprecated featuresMilestoneRecommendation
    • NTLMin Deprecated featuresMilestoneRequirementExceptionScopeRecommendation1 condition
  20. 2 years agomonth windowRetired / removed
    • Print 3D appin Deprecated featuresMilestoneRequirementRecommendation
  21. 2 years agoAnnounced · unconfirmed
  22. 2 years agomonth windowRetired / removed
  23. 2 years agomonth windowRetired / removed · unconfirmed
  24. 24 months agomonth windowRetired / removed · unconfirmed
  25. 23 months agomonth windowRetired / removed · unconfirmed
  26. 24 months agoAnnounced
  27. 22 months agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
  28. 20 months agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
  29. 18 months agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
  30. 18 months agoAnnounced
  31. 17 months agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
  32. 16 months agomonth windowAnnounced
  33. 15 months agomonth windowbyAnnounced
    • Maps appin Deprecated featuresMilestoneRequirement
  34. 13 months agomonth windowRetired / removed · unconfirmed
  35. 8 months agomonth windowAnnounced
  36. 6 months agoRetired / removed
  37. 3 months agoAnnounced
  38. 8 weeks agomonth windowAnnounced · unconfirmed
  39. in 6 daysmonth windowafterAnnounced · unconfirmed

Settings and overrides named on this page

Registry values, policies and cmdlets the source mentions, with the dated steps that name them. Read the source for the values to set.

Requirements, exceptions and scope

  • GuidanceRequirement2 passages
    The features in this article are no longer being actively developed, and might be removed in a future update. Some features were replaced with other…
  • Deprecated featuresRequirementExceptionScopeRecommendation2 conditions22 passages
    Wi-Fi

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Observed history and review priority

Captured 23 Oct 09:55 UTC; extracted 23 Oct 09:55 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/d9863eb412f92fa5ec3a8ca32e2dd7cfe8095530f456ecb1866608d1166a435d.

Review priority. Extracted assertions require review · Publisher marks guidance tentative · Applicability or exceptions require review · A published date window is near

0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 1 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 6 hours.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 4

Compact evidence remains available after full document bodies expire. Earlier extractions can have different vocabulary or capture limitations.

No related evidence found in this installation's recent collection. This does not establish that no announcement exists.

Retained observations

  • 23 Oct 09:55 UTC · shown above
  • 12 Oct 19:35 UTC

    1 removed passage (8 words). No rule matched the changed words; review the source for its effect.

  • 6 Oct 17:27 UTC

    Source metadata changed; retained article content is unchanged.

  • 5 Oct 17:20 UTC

    Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

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