I don't know anything about Microsoft caring about minimal distros when their own tools create them and ISOs are freely available. Any logical person knows that this makes no sense. But apparently malware and tracing software were embedded into some of the versions so they were sketchy and dangerous. I would thus be extremely careful when dealing with these nonsenses especially when they are available only for short snippets of time or given only to registered or special access members. Keep in mind this type of scripted distro is too ridiculous to hide behind as some major accomplishment. Mainstream websites are discussing this including availability on Microsoft's very own GitHub. Buyer beware!!! Some forum members here could be working with law enforcement or crime gangs and trying to monitor activities even spending large amounts of time, resource and money to do so. Everyone is at least reasonably suspicious and aware by now. Anyway...
By far your best and only trustworthy base for a minimal Windows 10 ISO is going to be the 1709 version here for now:
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. The author gives details and scripts and is not hiding anything from you. There are some others around mostly already deleted, including by trolls and malware spreaders so use them at your own risk. This one seems to be clean and reliable and only one version behind the 1803. A new build is coming in about a month and a half also. It is hard to keep up. But the best bet is to always use a script based minimal version so you know what is going on.
But if you have the time, its best to really make it yourself. Some guides are here:
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/6bpfjw/guide_to_make_a_perfect_windows_10_iso/
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. Including by using the very nice NTLite tool:
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https://www.ntlite.com/tutorial-for-creating-and-testing-a-700mb-windows-10-iso/
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