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 # Contributing to Microsoft Azure Documentation
 
+> Between March 5th and March 9th 2019, the MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs repo will be undergoing a Migration from it's current Markdown engine to the [Markdig](https://github.com/lunet-io/markdig) markdown engine. During this time, we will be turning off the ability to suspending merging of public pull requests in order to complete the migration.
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 Thank you for taking the time to contribute to the Microsoft Azure documentation.
 
 This guide covers some general topics around contribution and refers out to our [contributors guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/contribute) for more detailed explanations where relevant.
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 # Microsoft Azure Documentation
 
+> Between March 5th and March 9th 2019, the MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs repo will be undergoing a Migration from it's current Markdown engine to the [Markdig](https://github.com/lunet-io/markdig) markdown engine. During this time, we will be turning off the ability to suspending merging of public pull requests in order to complete the migration.
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 Welcome to the open source [documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure) of [Microsoft Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com). Please review this README file to understand how you can assist in contributing to the Microsoft Azure documentation.
 
 ## Getting Started