Insider Windows Insider Program Amanda Langowski, Brandon LeBlanc, Jason Howard leaving team

Number 2 Brandon LeBlanc moved to a new position in September 2025.

This is not a position I would envy at all.
I wonder who's going to take over.

I stopped getting attached to MSFT folks when we lost Gabe and djammmer. My heart can't take it.

As a Canary Build Insider who hasn't been happy with what what has been released in a long time, all I can say is, Bye Bye!

Winuser said:

As a Canary Build Insider who hasn't been happy with what what has been released in a long time, all I can say is, Bye Bye!

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If you are blaming these people for you being unhappy with Windows and its direction you need to look further up the chain.

OilerNut said:

If you are blaming these people for you being unhappy with Windows and its direction you need to look further up the chain.

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I only commented on them because they are the ones moving to other departments. There was a time that the Insider builds where exciting and worth running. Now they are not only boring but very confusing. I joined the Canary ring thinking I would get the latest and greatest updates like in the earlier days of the Insider program. Ones that if passed would trickle down and one day maybe make it to the released builds. That's no longer how it works. I'm not sure that even the Insider team know what Insider rings should get what updates. And if you're thinking that if I'm not happy with them to go ahead and drop out, I have. On my main desktop I'm running 25H2 as my main OS and dual boot into the Canary build when I need to run programs that I haven't moved over yet. On my second desktop I do run the Canary builds but only because I have a few programs that I can no longer re-install.

Even Paul Thurrott has joked that they lost the keys to the Canary build, and no one knows what it does anymore.

Jason Howard now moving on from the Windows Insider Program at Microsoft.

From day one, you kept the beat steady—one mic, one community. Thank you, Jason, for all the memories, you will be missed! Wishing you big wins in your next verse at Microsoft

10+ years, an amazing team, and a global community. What an adventure this has been! Microsoft is full of opportunity and I'm excited to take the next step in my career.