preview alterations

Author: chcomley

docs/boards/get-started/sign-up-invite-teammates.md

@@ -46,15 +46,11 @@ To sign up for all Azure DevOps Services, see [Sign up, sign in to Azure DevOps]
 
 You can sign up using either a Microsoft account (personal or Microsoft Entra) or a GitHub account. Choose the option that matches how you plan to authenticate and invite users.
 
-### Microsoft account (personal or Microsoft Entra)
-
 [!INCLUDE [sign-up-msft-account](../../includes/sign-up-msft-account.md)]
 
 > [!NOTE]  
 > If your organization uses Microsoft Entra ID and your identity is managed by that tenant, sign in with your Microsoft Entra account. External (guest) accounts might not be allowed to create or administer an organization in that tenant—use a native tenant account if you see authentication errors.
 
-### GitHub account
-
 [!INCLUDE [sign-in-github-account](../../includes/sign-in-github-account.md)]
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]  

docs/boards/includes/enable-mcp-server.md

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ ms.service: azure-devops
 ms.author: chcomley
 author: chcomley
 ms.topic: include
-ms.date: 09/08/2025
+ms.date: 09/18/2025
 ---
 
 ## Enable AI assistance for Azure DevOps
 
-For enhanced productivity across your Azure DevOps workflow, use the to enable AI assistance with your project data. Get intelligent insights for daily standups, sprint planning, code reviews, project reporting, pull request analysis, and work item management—all through natural language queries to your AI assistant. For more information and installation instructions, see the [Azure DevOps MCP Server overview](../../mcp-server/mcp-server-overview.md) 
+For enhanced productivity across your Azure DevOps workflow, use the Azure DevOps MCP Server to enable AI assistance with your project data. Get intelligent insights for daily standups, sprint planning, code reviews, project reporting, pull request analysis, and work item management—all through natural language queries to your AI assistant. For more information and installation instructions, see the [Azure DevOps MCP Server overview](../../mcp-server/mcp-server-overview.md). 

docs/organizations/security/view-permissions.md

@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ Quick steps:
 3. Use the Users/Groups or Effective Permissions UI to inspect effective access.
 4. If needed, examine group memberships and deny rules that override allows.
 
-What "effective permissions: mean:
-
-Effective permissions are the net access a user or group actually has on an object after Azure DevOps evaluates every relevant permission assignment. The system combines explicit Allow and Deny assignments across the object, parent scopes, and all group memberships; explicit Deny entries take priority. In practice, "effective permissions" show the final result (what someone can actually do), not every individual assignment that contributed to that result.
-
 > [!NOTE]
 > Permission management features and UI vary slightly between Azure DevOps Services (cloud) and on-premises Azure DevOps Server. The following guidance calls out UI differences where applicable.
 
@@ -50,6 +46,10 @@ Effective permissions are computed by evaluating assignments across:
 - Group memberships (built-in groups, custom groups, Microsoft Entra ID groups)
 - Explicit Deny assignments (take precedence)
 
+What "effective" permissions means:
+
+Effective permissions are the net access a user or group actually has on an object after Azure DevOps evaluates every relevant permission assignment. The system combines explicit Allow and Deny assignments across the object, parent scopes, and all group memberships; explicit Deny entries take priority. In practice, "effective permissions" show the final result (what someone can actually do), not every individual assignment that contributed to that result.
+
 For a deep dive on permission resolution and inheritance, see [About permissions, Permission states](about-permissions.md).
 
 ## Where to view permissions

docs/report/dashboards/dashboards.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ms.date: 09/18/2025
 # customer intent: As a team member, I want to learn how to create, edit, and delete Azure DevOps dashboards so that I can view and share information about my projects and teams, such as progress and status updates.
 ---
 
-# Quickstart: Add, rename, and delete dashboards in Azure DevOps
+# Quickstart: Add, rename, and delete dashboards
 
 [!INCLUDE [version-lt-eq-azure-devops](../../includes/version-lt-eq-azure-devops.md)]