Microsoft confirms Windows 11 22H2 RTM

Microsoft has begun rolling out Windows 11 22H2, the first significant update to its latest operating system. As previously stated, the base development is complete, and the RTM version corresponds to build 22621 which has been tested in the Insider channel during the last two weeks.

Microsoft has published the Windows 11 22H2 Hardware Compatibility Program. It is meant for OEM partners, and it includes the Windows Gear Lab Kit (HLK) as well as updated playlists for testing your hardware.

This initiative enables manufacturers to evaluate devices and submit drivers to the Microsoft Hardware Development Center for certification. Partners can obtain the requirements and begin hardware validation with the revised kit, but shipments will not be possible until May 31.

It is a critical date for discussing the version's release, beginning with an RTM (release to manufacturing) that OEMs will utilize for pre-installations on new equipment and in existing equipment upgrade programs.

Microsoft has verified that version 22621, which is presently in beta, is the RTM for Windows 11 22H2.

Given that the corporation will enable drivers to be supplied to its partners until September 5, we can already predict a date for the general availability (GA) version for all users: the end of September or October. If no major faults are uncovered that need a delay.

Windows 11 22H2 will be the system's first significant upgrade, and it will be provided free of charge to computers who have valid licenses for it or those that are still running Windows 10, which, remember, will have official support until October 2025.

Microsoft will include the usual bug fixes and security patches. It will continue to implement the Fluent Design language in additional components. It will renew internal applications, with the file explorer being one of the most anticipated.

It will improve the main elements of the user interface such as the taskbar or start menu (it is required as the eat….) It will add specific security elements of protection against specific phishing and encryption of personal data...

We do not anticipate a revolution. Yes, more solidity and a foundation for all of the concepts we've seen since the start. There will be no "revolution" until Microsoft dares to forsake all previous legacy components by committing to the ambitious Windows Core OS project.