Today Microsoft released Windows 11 Build 22621.457 (KB5016695) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 11, version 22H2.

This non-security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include:

  • New! Microsoft enhanced Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s ability to identify and intercept ransomware and advanced attacks.
  • New! Microsoft compressed a file regardless of its size if you have configured Server Message Block (SMB) Compression.
  • New! Microsoft improved storage replication that occurs over low bandwidth or congested wide area networks (WAN).
  • New! You can now view the usage history for the following resources from the Settings page: 
  • Camera 
  • Microphone 
  • Phone Calls 
  • Messaging 
  • Contacts 
  • Screenshots and apps 
  • Music library 

To use this feature, navigate to Settings >Privacy & Security

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  • Microsoft fixed an issue that causes Windows to display tablet mode features for some devices that do not have touchscreens.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that causes some application windows to have blank sections in the Task View preview.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that occurs for some of you when you copy files from network drives. The error code is 0x80070026.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that might cause the Local Security Authority Server Service (LSASS) to leak tokens. This issue affects devices that have installed Windows updates dated June 14, 2022 or later. This issue occurs when the device performs a specific form of service for user (S4U) in a non-Trusted Computing Base (TCB) Windows service that runs as Network Service.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that, in certain cases, causes sihost.exe to use a high amount of the CPU.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that causes Microsoft Edge to stop responding when you use IE mode. This issue also prevents you from interacting with a dialog. 40242609
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that causes the App-V client service to leak memory when you delete App-V registry nodes.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that prevents you from opening a URL if the URL’s length is more than 2084 characters. This update supports a URL of up to 8192 characters.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that prevents codecs from being updated from the Microsoft Store.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that causes ServerAssignedConfigurations to be null in a few full configuration scenarios.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that sometimes prematurely interrupts the resizing operations of a Snap Assist area.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that might cause the deployment of the Windows Hello for Business certificate to fail in certain circumstances after you reset a device.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that prevents you from reinstalling Universal Printers after you remove them.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that prevents non-Windows devices from authenticating when they connect to a Windows-based remote desktop and use a smart card as the authentication method.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that causes the Settings app to stop working on server domain controllers (DCs) when accessing the Privacy > Activity history page.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that affects a lookup for a nonexistent security ID (SID) from the local domain using read-only domain controller (RODC). The lookup unexpectedly returns the STATUS_TRUSTED_DOMAIN_FAILURE error instead of STATUS_NONE_MAPPED or STATUS_SOME_MAPPED.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that prevents the Storage Migration Service (SMS) from completing the inventory on servers that have many shares. Error event 2509 appears in Microsoft-Windows-StorageMigrationService/Admin channel (ErrorId=-2146233088/ErrorMessage=”Invalid table id”).
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that affects the Sync across your devices option under Settings > System > Clipboard. The option will not remain enabled. 

Windows 11 Insiders in the Release Preview channel can download the update by Checking for Updates in Settings.