From e7737419c0875c61db9e2155d75b1e988e5c4257 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Andy (Steve) De George" <67293991+adegeo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 15:53:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add markdown-links-verifier-config.json file

---
 markdown-links-verifier-config.json | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 markdown-links-verifier-config.json

diff --git a/markdown-links-verifier-config.json b/markdown-links-verifier-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecf4bc5e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdown-links-verifier-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "excludeStartingWith": [
+    "xref:",
+    "~/",
+    "/",
+    "#-",
+    "ms-settings:",
+  ]
+}

From a16693e35a2b648d997f8a69284b73a41e4f9a7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Andy (Steve) De George" <67293991+adegeo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 15:54:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add MSDocs build verifier workflow

---
 .github/workflows/docs-verifier.yml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/docs-verifier.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-verifier.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-verifier.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b326b60ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-verifier.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: MSDocs build verifier
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: MSDocs build verifier
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@e3f713f2d8f53843e71c69a996d56f51aa9adfb9 # v2.14.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - name: Checkout the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+
+      - name: Validate
+        uses: dotnet/docs-actions/actions/docs-verifier@5e8bcc78465d45a7544bba56509a1a69922b6a5a # main