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Disclaimer: I know there are similar questions to this, but I have yet to find a solution/answer.

I have a Windows 10 VM that I set up in Azure exactly 1 week ago. I am using my MSDN account since I get free money to spend in Azure (Yay me!). I signed up for Windows Insider preview on the same day.

I followed all steps to set up the machine to receive insider builds, and I changed my settings to "Fast", but I have still yet to receive any builds.System Information shows that I am still on Build 10586, which is what was installed when I set up the VM.

The Advanced Options under Update simply shows the following message:

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Perhaps I am just being impatient, but what does "some time" mean? Is there a normal set amount of time before I should receive my first update?

I cannot find any documentation or answer anywhere. I feel like there may be some problem as to why I am not receiving a new build, but I do not know what.

Is there any way to check the status of when I will receive a build? Or is there any way to force it to update?

Please some more experienced Windows Insiders shed some light on this for me! Thanks!

Edit: Yes, I have tried manually checking for updates. I have done this multiple times, and it simply says that my device is up to date.

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I want to add this for anyone in the future that may come across this post.

I followed the advice of @Ramhound and the links he provided in the comments and created a new VM in Azure from the downloaded image of Build 14295, which was the closest available ISO build. I followed all the steps to connect my MS account to the VM for insider preivew. I changed my insider preview settings to Fast track. I even used my MS account to sign into the VM.

I checked the registry settings as suggested by this article and ensured everything there was correct. Even after all this, I still did not receive the 14316 build.

I diligently checked my machine multiple times per day. I manually checked for updates. I restarted the machine several times. I changed my settings to developer mode. Even after following all these steps, I still did not receive the build.

Finally! Today, after a week of waiting, I logged into the VM, and the build was there. I do not believe any of this extra work I did helped....but I did learn some stuff from this, so it was not a complete waste of time. I think I would have received the build if I would have just left my VM as it was and kept waiting.

tldr - From my experience, I think the best advice is to just be patient and wait. If you have waited a significant amount of time (2 weeks), then maybe look into the other solutions.

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