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 title: Exchange peering walkthrough
-description: Exchange peering walkthrough.
+titleSuffix: Internet Peering
+description: Get started with Exchange peering.
 services: internet-peering
 author: halkazwini
 ms.service: internet-peering
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 12/15/2020
+ms.date: 02/23/2023
 ms.author: halkazwini
-ms.custom: template-how-to
+ms.custom: template-how-to, engagement-fy23
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 # Exchange peering walkthrough
 
-This section explains the steps you need to follow to set up and manage an Exchange peering.
+In this article, you learn how to set up and manage an Exchange peering.
 
 ## Create an Exchange peering
-> [!div class="mx-imgBorder"]
-> ![Exchange peering workflow and connection states](./media/exchange-peering.png)
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/walkthrough-exchange-all/exchange-peering.png" alt-text="Diagram showing Exchange peering workflow and connection states.":::
 
 The following steps must be followed in order to provision an Exchange peering:
-1. Review Microsoft [peering policy](https://peering.azurewebsites.net/peering) to understand requirements for Exchange peering.
-1. Find Microsoft peering location and peering facility id in [PeeringDB](https://www.peeringdb.com/net/694)
-1. Request Exchange peering for a peering location using the instructions in [Create and modify an Exchange peering using PowerShell](howto-exchange-powershell.md) article for more details.
-1. After you submit a peering request, Microsoft will review the request and contact you if required.
-1. Once approved, connection state changes to Approved
-1. Configure BGP session at your end and notify Microsoft
-1. We will provision BGP session with DENY ALL policy and validate end-to-end.
-1. If successful, you will receive a notification that peering connection state is Active.
+1. Review Microsoft [peering policy](policy.md) to understand requirements for Exchange peering.
+1. Find Microsoft peering location and peering facility ID in [PeeringDB](https://www.peeringdb.com/net/694)
+1. Request Exchange peering for a peering location using the instructions in [Create and modify an Exchange peering](howto-exchange-portal.md).
+1. After you submit a peering request, Microsoft will review the request and contact you if necessary.
+1. Once peering request is approved, connection state changes to *Approved*.
+1. Configure BGP session at your end and notify Microsoft.
+1. Microsoft provisions BGP session with DENY ALL policy and validate end-to-end.
+1. If successful, you receive a notification that peering connection state is *Active*.
 1. Traffic will then be allowed through the new peering.
 
-Note that connection states are not to be confused with standard [BGP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol) session states.
+> [!NOTE]
+> Connection states aren't to be confused with standard BGP session states.
 
 ## Convert a legacy Exchange peering to Azure resource
 The following steps must be followed in order to convert a legacy Exchange peering to Azure resource:
-1. Follow the instructions in [Convert a legacy Exchange peering to Azure resource](howto-legacy-exchange-powershell.md)
-1. After you submit the conversion request, Microsoft will review the request and contact you if required.
-1. Once approved, you will see your Exchange peering with connection state as Active.
+1. Follow the instructions in [Convert a legacy Exchange peering to Azure resource](howto-legacy-exchange-portal.md)
+1. After you submit the conversion request, Microsoft will review the request and contact you if necessary.
+1. Once approved, you see your Exchange peering with a connection state as *Active*.
 
 ## Deprovision Exchange peering
+
 Contact [Microsoft peering](mailto:[email protected]) to deprovision Exchange peering.
 
-When an Exchange peering is set for deprovision, you will see the connection state as **PendingRemove**
+When an Exchange peering is set for deprovision, you see the connection state as *PendingRemove*.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> If you run PowerShell cmdlet to delete the Exchange peering when the connection state is ProvisioningStarted or ProvisioningCompleted the operation will fail.
+> If you run PowerShell cmdlet to delete the Exchange peering when the connection state is *ProvisioningStarted* or *ProvisioningCompleted*, the operation will fail.
 
 ## Next steps
 
-* Learn about [Prerequisites to set up peering with Microsoft](prerequisites.md).
+* Learn about the [Prerequisites to set up peering with Microsoft](prerequisites.md).