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Summary
Roadmap articles provide links to useful information, including online documentation, msdn etc, to help you learn about a Microsoft product or technology or key concepts.
Schema
* Title
* Applies to
* Summary
* Getting Started
* Overview
* <<Section N>>
* Additional Resources
* Related Items
Test Cases
Title
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Does the title distinguish by product or version where possible? *
Are important nouns a user might scan for towards the left of the title? Applies to
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Is it clear what technologies or products this applies to? *
Conversely, is it clear what technologies of products this does not apply to? Summary
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Does the summary describe the usage of the doc? *
Does the summary explain why it is important to understand the details contained in the roadmap? *
Does the summary pass the ‘hallway test’ – would this be your verbal description of the module’s purpose? Getting Started
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Does it give relevant information to set the context of the road map? *
Does it give links to information which helps to understand key concepts needed to understand the topic of roadmap? Overview
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Does the overview provide explain why the roadmap was written? *
Does the overview describe the various section briefly? <<Section N>>
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Does the sections flow in such a way that the topic exploration is made easy? *
Does the sections gives brief for each key concept? *
Does the sections give relevant links to get additional information to understand the key concept? Additional Resources
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Are the links from trusted sites? *
Are the links correct in context of the Roadmap? Related Items
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Are the correct items linked in context of the Roadmap?
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