Become a Contributor to Microsoft Docs
summary
Microsoft Docs are open source on GitHub and receive hundreds of thousands of GitHub issues and PRs every month; contribute via product feedback, GitHub issues, or make a pull request (only PRs give contributor credit and add your avatar to an article). Docs live as markdown/YAML in repos, edited in the browser or with Visual Studio Code or Azure Data Studio, using forks/branches and a preview repo before twice‑daily gated merges; tooling includes include files, automated link checks, and ML‑driven recommended content in footers.
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chapters (28)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:42Agenda
- 2:58Mission Statement
- 3:51Devrel
- 6:11Microsoft Docs
- 8:00Bookmarks
- 8:37Search boxes
- 8:47Header links
- 10:06Why Microsoft Docs
- 11:33How to Contribute
- 13:53What is a Support Issue
- 14:43Product Feedback
- 16:06Documentation Issues
- 17:17Dark Mode
- 17:37Edit Docs
- 17:55GitHub Preview
- 18:07Markdown
- 19:28Pull Request
- 21:37Pull Request Overview
- 24:19Pull Request List
- 27:04Translation Issues
- 28:02Questions
- 30:57GitHub Workflow
- 34:47Microsoft Learn
- 35:11Dynamic Recommended Content
- 35:41Certifications
- 36:22Events
- 36:47Closing
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