Is there any alternative place I can check what the update R17 brings us?

Why are you tempted to upgrade to R17? Imho, as long as your program is doing well to date, you have no compelling reason to upgrade. Unless you need to reinstall and don't have the installer files for older Release versions.

Hi @jaapkrijger,

Thank you for reaching out about the product update. I'd be glad to provide some information to your question regarding the latest release for your QuickBooks Desktop.

Based on the details above, your product is an older version. You can visit our article to know more about the release notes for the R17 release.

The oldest one we got from our official page is for the 2019 version only. We no longer have updated release information from our website for QuickBooks older than the one mentioned.

Here's the link: Release notes for QuickBooks Desktop 2019.

The downloaded update (R17) is more about the service discontinuation.  Access to add-on services is available until May 31, 2022, for QuickBooks Desktop for Windows 2019.

I've attached an article you can use to learn about the Disco Policy and the upgrade process in QuickBooks: QuickBooks Desktop service discontinuation policy.

Drop by anytime you have more questions about updating QuickBooks. I'm always available here in the Community space.

No real reason really, just looking for ways to speed up the making of assemblies, it's terribly slow and I haven't found any solution as yet. Each assembly takes approx 2 minutes...

Nope, got 2016. Works but assemblies is terribly slow, tried all kinds of solutions, nothing worked, thought maybe updating to r17 could help

How big is your file size?