I’m interested in joining the Alpha program but have no idea what I need to do for.

Hi CheeryNote! My name is Ricardo an independent advisor ready to help you with this situation!

To join you need to be invited, there's no other way to do it, last year they shared a post on how to show interest on be invited and also what kind of users they look, you can see all that information here

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/11/30/are-you-...

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.

Join the Xbox Insider Program. I just joined last night and when i wake up this morning i suddenly have the new dashboard. And i'm just in the beta testing program not the alpha.

You don't unless you join the insiders program which is on alpha skip and alpha only

Which both are invite only

If it’s a known problem, how about MS informing its customers of the issue, so I don’t waste my time jumping through hoops trouble shooting it. As far as joining a program, I’m not an employee of MS and my time is valuable, so unless I’m being paid I’m not
interested.