Microsoft's latest effort to improve Settings in Windows 10 focuses on moving disk management to the control interface.
After making Windows 10's optional updates visible in the Settings app last month, Microsoft is now working to bring what it calls a "modern" download to the Disk Management console, or "snap-in," which is used to manage disks that contain them.
Disk Management in the Settings app has arrived in Windows 10 Preview Build 20197 for Windows Insiders on the Dev Channel.
“Starting today, you can now manage your drives and storage from within the Settings app,” said Brandon LeBlanc, senior program for the Windows Insider Program.
Users will be able to view disk information, create and format volumes, and assign drive letters. The new disk management experience in the Settings app improves accessibility and integrates with RAID storage protection software and the Windows 10 Storage analysis page.
Storage Spaces is a feature of Windows and Windows Server that supports systems with multiple drives and allows users to group separate drives to create a storage pool and protect data from drive failures.
To try out the new disk management, users can go to Settings > System > Storage and click Manage Disks and Volumes.
For now, the current Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Disk Management snap-in is still available for people who need it.
Microsoft has also decided to retire the new Tips app that it began testing with Insiders in the Build 20190 preview earlier this month.
The company called it a "new post-update experience," which highlights new features in a feature that users may not have been aware of.
It's unclear whether Microsoft plans to continue with the Tips app at a later stage or reshape the experience with some future tools.
According to Le Blanc, it was a “test run” to get feedback and see interest, and was “specific to Build 20190 only.” Insiders certainly won’t see the Tips app in later builds, but LeBlanc notes that attendees “may see other experiences like this in later builds soon.”
