Introduction

• 2 minutes

Open-source content on Microsoft Learn depends on the collaborative efforts of a large community of passionate contributors. Microsoft Learn is the platform that hosts all technical documentation for Microsoft products, plus training modules, Shows, Q&A, and much more! Contributions from experts in the field, content authors, product users, students, and other Microsoft enthusiasts help learners build skills to achieve more and explore new possibilities. You can become a contributor to Microsoft Learn and start sharing your knowledge all from the convenience of your browser.

Scenario

Suppose that you’re a software engineer at an outdoor adventure company. Your company uses Microsoft Azure as its cloud platform. You work with Microsoft Azure daily and have become well-versed in many of its services, particularly Azure App Service. You’ve hosted several web applications for your company while using App Service documentation on learn.microsoft.com to grow your expertise.

From all your experience, you’ve come up with many tips and tricks for using App Service. You’d like to share your knowledge but have never contributed to open-source technical documentation like Microsoft Learn contains. You’re eager to learn how so you can join the contributor community and start expanding your impact!

What you'll be doing

In this module, you'll dive into what it means to contribute to Microsoft Learn and the impact that contributors can have. You'll define the key steps and tools necessary to make changes to open-source Microsoft documentation articles. You’ll set up your account to start sharing your knowledge and practice the contribution process by editing an open-source article. Finally, you’ll learn how to submit your changes for review and publishing.