Removed the locale codes from the updated URL

v-smandalika · v-smandalika · commit d9226b5ff031 · 2025-02-12T16:40:55.000+05:30
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/connected-applications.md b/defender-endpoint/connected-applications.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ms.date: 12/18/2020
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 Connected applications integrates with the Defender for Endpoint platform using APIs.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/contact-support.md b/defender-endpoint/contact-support.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ms.date: 12/18/2020
 - [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2](microsoft-defender-endpoint.md)
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 Defender for Endpoint has recently upgraded the support process to offer a more modern and advanced support experience.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/controlled-folders.md b/defender-endpoint/controlled-folders.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ search.appverid: met150
 **Applies to**
 - Windows
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 ## What is controlled folder access?
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/customize-controlled-folders.md b/defender-endpoint/customize-controlled-folders.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ms.date: 10/17/2024
 - Windows
 
 > [!TIP]
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 Controlled folder access helps you protect valuable data from malicious apps and threats, such as ransomware. Controlled folder access is supported on Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows 10, and Windows 11 clients.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/customize-exploit-protection.md b/defender-endpoint/customize-exploit-protection.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ search.appverid: met150
 - [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2](microsoft-defender-endpoint.md)
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 Exploit protection automatically applies many exploit mitigation techniques on both the operating system processes and on individual apps.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/data-storage-privacy.md b/defender-endpoint/data-storage-privacy.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ms.date: 08/20/2024
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 - [Microsoft Defender for Business](/defender-business/mdb-overview)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 This section covers some of the most frequently asked questions regarding privacy and data handling for Defender for Endpoint.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/defender-compatibility.md b/defender-endpoint/defender-compatibility.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ms.subservice: ngp
 - [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2](microsoft-defender-endpoint.md)
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint agent depends on Microsoft Defender Antivirus for some capabilities such as file scanning.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/deployment-strategy.md b/defender-endpoint/deployment-strategy.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ms.date: 12/12/2024
 - [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2](microsoft-defender-endpoint.md)
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 If you're already completed the steps to set up your Microsoft Defender for Endpoint deployment, and you have assigned roles and permissions for Defender for Endpoint, your next step is to create a plan for onboarding. Your plan begins with identifying your architecture and choosing your deployment method.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/device-timeline-event-flag.md b/defender-endpoint/device-timeline-event-flag.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ms.date: 11/06/2023
 
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 The Defender for Endpoint device timeline helps you research and investigate anomalous behavior on your devices more quickly. You can explore specific events and endpoints to review potential attacks in your organization. You can review specific times of each event, set flags to follow up for potentially connected events, and filter to specific date ranges. 
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/edr-in-block-mode.md b/defender-endpoint/edr-in-block-mode.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ search.appverid: met150
 
 - Windows
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 This article describes EDR in block mode, which helps protect devices that are running a non-Microsoft antivirus solution (with Microsoft Defender Antivirus in passive mode).
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/enable-attack-surface-reduction.md b/defender-endpoint/enable-attack-surface-reduction.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ms.date: 02/12/2024
 - Windows
 
 > [!TIP]
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 [Attack surface reduction rules](attack-surface-reduction.md) help prevent actions that malware often abuses to compromise devices and networks.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/enable-controlled-folders.md b/defender-endpoint/enable-controlled-folders.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ms.date: 07/25/2024
 **Platforms**
 - Windows
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 [Controlled folder access](controlled-folders.md) helps you protect valuable data from malicious apps and threats, such as ransomware. Controlled folder access is included with Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2019. Controlled folder access is also included as part of the [modern, unified solution for Windows Server 2012R2 and 2016](configure-server-endpoints.md#functionality-in-the-modern-unified-solution).
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/enable-exploit-protection.md b/defender-endpoint/enable-exploit-protection.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ search.appverid: met150
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 
 > [!TIP]
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 [Exploit protection](exploit-protection.md) helps protect against malware that uses exploits to infect devices and spread. Exploit protection consists of many mitigations that can be applied to either the operating system or individual apps.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/enable-network-protection.md b/defender-endpoint/enable-network-protection.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ search.appverid: met150
 - macOS (See [Network protection for macOS](network-protection-macos.md))
 
 > [!TIP]
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 [Network protection](network-protection.md) helps to prevent employees from using any application to access dangerous domains that might host phishing scams, exploits, and other malicious content on the internet. You can [audit network protection](evaluate-network-protection.md) in a test environment to view which apps would be blocked before enabling network protection.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/exclude-devices.md b/defender-endpoint/exclude-devices.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ms.date: 02/16/2022
 - [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2](microsoft-defender-endpoint.md)
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 ## Exclude devices from vulnerability management
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/get-started-partner-integration.md b/defender-endpoint/get-started-partner-integration.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ To become a Defender for Endpoint solution partner, complete steps outlined in t
 
 ## Step 1: Subscribe to a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint license
 
-Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us). Subscribing allows you to use a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint tenant with up to three devices to developing solutions that integrate with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
+Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630). Subscribing allows you to use a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint tenant with up to three devices to developing solutions that integrate with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
 
 ## Step 2: Fulfill the solution validation and certification requirements
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/grant-mssp-access.md b/defender-endpoint/grant-mssp-access.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ms.date: 12/18/2020
 - [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1](microsoft-defender-endpoint.md)
 - [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2](microsoft-defender-endpoint.md)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > Some information relates to prereleased product which may be substantially modified before it's commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here.
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/import-export-exploit-protection-emet-xml.md b/defender-endpoint/import-export-exploit-protection-emet-xml.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ms.date: 06/29/2023
 - [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2](microsoft-defender-endpoint.md)
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 Exploit protection helps protect devices from malware that use exploits to spread and infect. It consists of a number of mitigations that can be applied at either the operating system level, or at the individual app level.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/information-protection-investigation.md b/defender-endpoint/information-protection-investigation.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ms.date: 12/18/2020
 - [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2](microsoft-defender-endpoint.md)
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 A typical advanced persistent threat lifecycle (or APT) involves some data exfiltration -- the point at which data is *taken* from the organization. In those situations, sensitivity labels can tell security operations where to start by spelling out what data is highest priority to protect.
 
diff --git a/defender-endpoint/internet-facing-devices.md b/defender-endpoint/internet-facing-devices.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ms.date: 07/31/2024
 - [Microsoft Defender XDR](/defender-xdr)
 - [Microsoft Defender for Business](/defender-business)
 
-> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us)
+> Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2225630)
 
 As threat actors continuously scan the web to detect exposed devices they can exploit to gain a foothold in internal corporate networks, mapping your organization's external attack surface is a key part of your security posture management. Devices that can be connected to or are approachable from the outside pose a threat to your organization.
 
