Alpha skip ahead ring joining? Is the survey still up for the invites?

Hello,

i am from Germany ....

Now i want to join Alpha Ring, but Microsoft Support tells me, the only way i can join Alpha Ring ist via Invite from another People in the Alpha Ring.

But i dont know anyone in Alpha Ring.

What can i do to join Alpha Ring in XBOX Insider Hub?

Greetings from Germany as well.

Previously, before there were rings, you had to be invited by someone already in the "Xbox Preview Program" as it was called back then.

This was then changed to the Xbox Insider Program, and anyone was able to join by installing the Xbox Insider App, and anyone is allowed to choose a ring up to Beta.

Alpha and Alpha Skip Ahead are only available by invitation from someone at Microsoft, and only if new free slots are available.

You will have to "earn" the privilege to be considered by providing regular and quality feedback, and hope that there are Alpha/Skip Ahead members that provided less feedback, and are removed from the Alpha/Skip Ahead rings.

So the only thing we can suggest is to be patient, and to continue participating in the available activities, and wait for the invitation.

Hi,

you can change rings in the xbox insider hub when yo manage the xbox update preview rings note that alpha and alpha skip ahead are invite only but you should be able to join the beta ring

You don't first there is the alpha which you can join for alphas

And there is the skip ahead keep in mind it's also the most buggy since it is the first relEASE

And you have to get an invite for skip ahead the only way to get into that is by doing a lot of feedback on the other rings and you will get sn invite eventually even they have room and based on your feedback

Hi Natpars,

so how the program works is that by joining a higher up ring you get access to updates before the lower down rings and due to skip ahead being a new ring it is a limited number ring like all alpha but you will have to rejoin beta ring if you do leave alpha
skip ahead ring. you do not drop to your previous ring.

The Insider Program doesn't operate on invites from other members in that specific preview ring. So the information you received from a support agent may not be entirely correct. Each preview ring has a limited number of "seats" open at any one given time.
Delta through Beta are all open access to the general public and your qualification for being able to join those rings are based off of your activity in the Insider Program, level in the Insider Program, and the diversity of what you do on Xbox Live. They
occasionally do a survey on the Insider Hub app asking for people who would be interested in joining either the Alpha or Alpha Skip-Ahead rings. Both of those rings are invite only but, the invites only come from Microsoft themselves via the Insider Hub app.
Being an Xbox Ambassador may help you get into those rings, as it may you look better and more qualified, but it doesn't guarantee you a seat. As a side note, the survey also doesn't guarantee you a seat when they send it out. Its essentially a first come
and served basis.

I'm level 12 in the Insider Program, that's over about 2yrs of activity and I just recently got invited into the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. I can confirm you cannot invite other players to join the ring and it has to be done by Microsoft through the team that
runs the Insider Program.