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microsoft-365/admin/misc/feedback-code-conduct.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: "Microsoft Feedback Code of Conduct"
 ms.author: danbrown
 author: DHB-MSFT
 manager: dansimp
-ms.date: 02/24/2025
+ms.date: 04/30/2026
 audience: Admin
 ms.topic: concept-article
 ms.service: microsoft-365-business
@@ -36,20 +36,20 @@ In addition to upholding this Code of Conduct, you're also responsible for adher
 
 ## Don't
 
-- Post feedback that is the same or similar to feedback you posted before.
+- Post feedback that's the same or similar to feedback you posted before.
 - Threaten, stalk, insult, victimize or intimidate anyone (or group of people) for any reason, including on the basis of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, race, or religion.
 - Incite other users to threaten, stalk, insult, victimize, or intimidate another person or group of people.
-- Harass, insult, tease, or correct other users about the grammar used in their posts. Good or bad grammar isn't the point-the feedback community is about sharing feedback with Microsoft and others within the community.
-- Post content that is showing nudity of any sort, including full or partial photographic human nudity, or nudity in cartoons, fantasy art, or manga.
+- Harass, insult, tease, or correct other users about the grammar used in their posts. Good or bad grammar isn't the point. The feedback community is about sharing feedback with Microsoft and others within the community.
+- Post content that's showing nudity of any sort, including full or partial photographic human nudity, or nudity in cartoons, fantasy art, or manga.
 - Post chain letters.
 - Link to websites that require payment to access information.
 - Post links to external sites that violate this Code of Conduct.
 
 ## Things that will get you immediately banned from participating in feedback
 
-- Posting content that is intended to harm or exploit minors in any way, including collecting the personal data of any minor (anyone under18 years old), including, but not limited to: name, email address, home address, phone number, or the name of the minor's school.
+- Posting content that's intended to harm or exploit minors in any way, including collecting the personal data of any minor (anyone under18 years old), including, but not limited to: name, email address, home address, phone number, or the name of the minor's school.
 - Invading anyone's privacy by attempting to harvest, collect, store, or publish private or personal data, such as passwords, account information, credit card numbers, addresses, or other contact information without that person's knowledge and willing consent.
-- Posting content or links to content that is illegal or violates any applicable local or national laws.
+- Posting content or links to content that's illegal or violates any applicable local or national laws.
 - Posting or spreading viruses, worms, malware, or other software intended to harm another user's computer.
 - Impersonating a Microsoft employee, agent, manager, host, administrator, moderator, another user, MVP, or any other person through any means.
 - Pirating Microsoft software or products, or offering pirated software or products for sale, including posting product keys.
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ Microsoft reserves the right, at its sole discretion and without any obligation
 - We encourage you to not share information that others could use to harm you. We encourage parents to be aware of and help exercise control over content posted by and activities of their children to keep them safe online.
 - Microsoft isn't responsible for the content of any user-created posting, listing, or message. The decision to view content or engage with others is yours. We advise you to use your judgment.
 - You're responsible for protecting your computer against interference, spyware, or viruses that might be encountered. We recommend you install a virus protection program on your computer and keep it up to date.
-- You might use the Report Abuse links in the public feedback communities to report violations of this Code of Conduct.
+- You might use the "Report abuse" links in the public feedback communities to report violations of this Code of Conduct.
 - Microsoft reserves the right to amend or change the Code of Conduct or any service at any time without notice. We encourage you to periodically review these guidelines to ensure you are in compliance.
-- Some information you provide or upload to the service might be stored outside of the country/region in which you reside.
-- The Microsoft Terms of Use and the Microsoft Privacy Policy governs all activity on the service.
+- Some information you provide or upload to the service might be stored outside of the country or region in which you reside.
+- The [Microsoft Terms of Use](https://www.microsoft.com/legal/terms-of-use) and the Microsoft Privacy Policy governs all activity on the service.
 - You acknowledge that by providing feedback to Microsoft privately or within a public feedback community you're a volunteer participant in the feedback community and that you may discontinue your participation at any time. Nothing related to your participation will be construed as creating an employer-employee relationship, a partnership, joint venture, association, or agency relationship, or as a limitation upon Microsoft's right to terminate your access as foreseen above, or upon Microsoft's discretion, to terminate your access as provided herein. You assume all risk for your use.
 - You understand that posting content or submitting material is voluntary, and you are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any submissions or contributions. You're solely responsible for your dealings with any third party that relates to your use of the community, or any information or materials you obtain from a third party.
 - No Compensation. Microsoft shall not be obligated to provide, and you have no expectation of receiving, any compensation in any form for your voluntary participation in the community, or for your submissions or contributions.

microsoft-365/admin/misc/feedback-provide-microsoft.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ f1.keywords:
 ms.author: danbrown
 author: DHB-MSFT
 manager: dansimp
-ms.date: 01/06/2025
+ms.date: 04/30/2026
 audience: Admin
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: microsoft-365-business
@@ -21,31 +21,31 @@ Microsoft values your feedback, and every day we look at feedback from users acr
 
 ## How to give great feedback
 
-Whether you’re providing feedback directly in an application or website, through the Feedback portal, or in the [Windows Feedback Hub](https://aka.ms/WIPFeedbackHub), there are some simple steps you can take to make your feedback as strong as possible.
+Whether you’re providing feedback directly in an application or website, through the [Feedback portal](https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback), or in the [Windows Feedback Hub](https://aka.ms/WIPFeedbackHub), there are some simple steps you can take to make your feedback as strong as possible.
 
 - If you use a community feedback experience, Microsoft prioritizes feedback that high volumes of our users are experiencing or requesting. You can see if feedback you want to provide already exists. Search to browse existing feedback to see if your feedback was mentioned by someone in the community. It’s possible that you have the same feedback as someone else. You can add your voice to the existing feedback rather than creating a copy of it. If you can’t find feedback like yours, it’s time to add new feedback.
-- When providing feedback to Microsoft, it’s important that you keep your comments specific to a single article at a time. Product teams are continuously reading feedback, and when we see similar feedback from different users, we try to combine it to see the full impact to our user base. Providing feedback about a single article at a time helps us to link similar feedback together.
+- When providing feedback to Microsoft, it’s important that you keep your comments specific to a single item at a time. Product teams are continuously reading feedback, and when we see similar feedback from different users, we try to combine it to see the full impact to our user base. Providing feedback about a single item at a time helps us to link similar feedback together.
 - If you’re experiencing an issue, try to describe the steps you took that caused that issue to occur. It’s great to know if the problem is intermittent or happens every time, so our product teams can take a look at it and try to reproduce the problem. If you're using Windows Feedback Hub and your diagnostic settings allow it, you can use the "Recreate my problem" feature to attach screenshots and diagnostic logs as you reproduce the issue you’re facing. Typically, more details are better. If an app crashes every time you perform an action, mention this in your description.
 - Whenever you provide feedback, remember not to provide any identifiable information such as phone numbers or email addresses, and make sure to avoid leaving personal information in any screenshots you attach. Other users can see feedback submitted on community platforms, and you wouldn't want to expose personal data.
-- When you're finished submitting your feedback, you can log into the Feedback portal to view feedback you previously sent to Microsoft and see the status of that feedback. If you provided feedback on Windows Feedback Hub, you can open the app and view your My Feedback section to see the status of your feedback.
+- When you're finished submitting your feedback, you can log into the Feedback portal to view feedback you previously sent to Microsoft and see the status of that feedback. If you provided feedback on Windows Feedback Hub, you can open the app and view your **My Feedback** section to see the status of your feedback.
 
 ## Where to provide feedback
 
 ### Sending feedback from within an application
 
-There are many places you can provide feedback to Microsoft. Within an application, you might be able to enter the Help or Feedback menu and find Send feedback button, which opens a form to provide your feedback to Microsoft.
+There are many places you can provide feedback to Microsoft. Within an application, you might be able to enter the **Help** or **Feedback** menu and find the **Send feedback** button, which opens a form to provide your feedback to Microsoft.
 
 :::image type="content" source="../../media/i-have-a-suggestion.png" alt-text="Screenshot: Text field to enter feedback suggestion to Microsoft":::
 
 Depending on the platform and application, you might be able to submit more logs and screenshots. These are helpful for the product teams at Microsoft to understand your feedback, so please include screenshots and logs when possible.
 
 ### Sending feedback from Feedback, our community feedback web portal
 
-If you're using [Feedback](https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/), you can provide feedback directly within the web portal. Community feedback allows you to browse or vote on feedback from the community. Community feedback is publicly displayed within different forums. Your user name will be displayed by feedback you submit publicly or comments you provide.
+If you're using [Feedback](https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/), you can provide feedback directly within the web portal. Community feedback allows you to browse or vote on feedback from the community. Community feedback is publicly displayed within different forums. Your user name will be displayed by feedback that you submit publicly or comments you provide.
 
 :::image type="content" source="../../media/sending-feedback-community-portal.png" alt-text="Screenshot: Selection of Microsoft products you can send feedback on":::
 
-Selecting a forum allows you to see all feedback related to that product, and you can upvote or comment on feedback that matches yours. If you don't see feedback that is similar to your own, you can submit new feedback through the portal itself.
+Selecting a forum allows you to see all feedback related to that product, and you can upvote or comment on feedback that matches yours. If you don't see feedback that's similar to your own, you can submit new feedback through the portal itself.
 
 ### Sending feedback from Windows Feedback Hub
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ If you're using Windows Feedback Hub, you can provide feedback from within the F
 
 ## Deleting public feedback
 
-If you submitted feedback publicly on the Feedback web portal that you wish to delete, you can remove it by navigating to your My Feedback section. Then, select the feedback item you wish to delete, and select "Delete." You're presented with a warning that deleting feedback is irreversible, and by removing your feedback it removes all comments, votes, flags, and follows associated with it.
+If you submitted feedback publicly on the Feedback web portal that you wish to delete, you can remove it by navigating to your **My Feedback** section. Then, select the feedback item you wish to delete, and select **Delete**. You're presented with a warning that deleting feedback is irreversible, and by removing your feedback it removes all comments, votes, flags, and follows associated with it.
 
 :::image type="content" source="../../media/delete-feedback.png" alt-text="Screenshot: Option to delete feedback":::
 
@@ -108,14 +108,14 @@ Thank you: We appreciate your feedback.
 
 ## Public feedback moderation
 
-Microsoft employees or approved vendors might moderate community feedback. Feedback that violates the Feedback Code of Conduct may be hidden from the public view, but Microsoft won't delete this data outside of our data retention policies.
+Microsoft employees or approved vendors might moderate community feedback. Feedback that violates the [Feedback Code of Conduct](feedback-code-conduct.md) may be hidden from the public view, but Microsoft won't delete this data outside of our data retention policies.
 
 ## Data Handling and Privacy
 
 We understand that when you use Microsoft products and services, you’re entrusting us with one of your most valuable assets: your data. We make sure the feedback we receive is stored and handled under Microsoft governance rules, and that it can only be accessed for approved uses. We don’t use your email, chat, files, or other personal content to target ads to you. When we collect data, we use it to make your experiences better. Thank you for being a part of our community!
 
-## Have feedback about the new Feedback web portal?
+## Have feedback about the Feedback web portal?
 
-Use the send feedback button on the [Feedback web portal](https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback) and choose the Feedback (web portal) forum.
+Use the send feedback button on the [Feedback web portal](https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback) and choose the **Feedback (web portal)** forum.
 
 :::image type="content" source="../../media/post-public-feedback.png" alt-text="Screenshot: Send feedback on the feedback web portal":::