The next major update to Windows 10, version 21H1, will be delivered in the first half of 2021 and focuses on improving remote work scenarios. Microsoft traditionally delivers two major Windows updates per year, with most of the bigger features dropping in the spring and a smaller update in the fall. While IT admins are used to this approach, Microsoft appears to be reversing this cadence for 2021.
New Features
- New features include multicamera support for Windows Hello and security related performance improvements.
- Windows Hello multicamera support to allow users to choose an external camera priority when using high end displays with integrated cameras.
- Windows Defender Application Guard performance improvements including optimizing document opening scenario times.
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Group Policy Service (GPSVC) updating performance improvement to support remote work scenarios.
“Windows 10, version 21H1 will have a scoped set of features improving security, remote access and quality,” explains John Cable, Microsoft’s head of Windows Servicing and Delivery. “The features we are releasing in this update are focused on the core experiences that customers have told us they’re relying on most right now.”
Microsoft’s other improvements for this 21H1 version are clearly designed for IT admins to improve support for remote working. This includes improving document opening times for Microsoft’s built-in anti-virus software, and performance improvements for the management and configuration side of Windows.
The company in its blog Windows Hello multi-camera support will set the default as the external camera when both external and internal Windows Hello cameras are present. Apart from this, Windows Defender Application Guard performance improvements have been included for optimising document opening scenario times. In addition to that, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Group Policy Service (GPSVC) have been updating for performance improvement to support remote work scenarios.
