About Dialog: move from aka.ms links to FWLinks #7163

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opened 2026-01-31 00:56:48 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
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Originally created by @DHowett-MSFT on GitHub (Mar 26, 2020).

Originally assigned to: @cinnamon-msft on GitHub.

aka.ms links are "social media" vanity redirects, and are not suitable for product-to-web linking. FWLinks are the numeric ID links that live under go.microsoft.com. The chief difference between the two is that fwlinks support localization whereas aka links do not.

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Originally created by @DHowett-MSFT on GitHub (Mar 26, 2020). Originally assigned to: @cinnamon-msft on GitHub. aka.ms links are "social media" vanity redirects, and are not suitable for product-to-web linking. FWLinks are the numeric ID links that live under `go.microsoft.com`. The chief difference between the two is that _fwlinks support localization_ whereas aka links do not. /cc @cinnamon-msft
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Mar 26, 2020):

feature aka.ms fwlink
Intended purposes Created for social media sharing purpose. Serves as a URL shortener and URL redirect. Created for product to web linkage. Serves as a URL redirect.
Service Level Agreements Availability 99.9% Availability 99.9%
Capabilities Vanity short URL Localization, Parameter-based redirect
@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Mar 26, 2020): feature | aka.ms | fwlink -- | -- | -- Intended purposes | Created for social media sharing purpose. Serves as a URL shortener and URL redirect. | Created for product to web linkage. Serves as a URL redirect. Service Level Agreements | Availability 99.9% | Availability 99.9% Capabilities | Vanity short URL | Localization, Parameter-based redirect
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Reference: starred/terminal#7163