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Microsoft is prepping for a gradual, multi-stage rollout of the Windows 10 Creators Update starting on April 11th. But if you’re eager to get your hands on it a bit early, you can manually download it on April 5th.

Windows 10 Creators Update Microsoft's name for the first of two upgrades in 2017 will launch on April 11, when the installation file will be staged on Windows Update and offered to a select group of users.

To jump the Windows Update line, people will need to run the Upgrade Assistant, an app that will be available before April 5 on Microsoft's website.

Microsoft debuted the Update Assistant in August 2016 as a consumer-and-business alternative to Windows Update for grabbing the Anniversary Update, the Windows 10 upgrade also known by the YYMM tag of 1607.

According to John Cable, director of program management and part of the Windows servicing and delivery team, the first group to receive the feature upgrade will be owners of newer devices, especially those we tested together with our OEM hardware partners.

Distribution will slowly expand as Microsoft collects and evaluates incoming telemetry from upgrading devices, and if necessary, deals with issues such as incompatible drivers blocking the update. We'll iterate this process over a period of several months," Cable added.

 

Last year's Anniversary Update took about three months to be served to, and installed on, just under 80% of the eligible consumer and business PCs running Windows 10.