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data-explorer/add-cluster-principal.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The following list outlines the prerequisites to add a cluster principal with Py
 
 The following list outlines the prerequisites to add a cluster principal with an ARM template.
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * An Azure Data Explorer cluster and database. [Create a cluster and database](create-cluster-and-database.md).
 
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data-explorer/add-database-principal.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The following list outlines the prerequisites to add a cluster principal with Py
 
 The following list outlines the prerequisites to add a cluster principal with an ARM template.
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * An Azure Data Explorer cluster and database. [Create a cluster and database](create-cluster-and-database.md).
 
 ---

data-explorer/azure-powershell.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The steps in this article aren't required if you're running commands in [Azure C
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * Follow the Azure PowerShell prerequisites relevant to your environment. For more information, see [Install Azure PowerShell](/powershell/azure/install-azure-powershell).
 
 ## Install az.Kusto cmdlets

data-explorer/confidential-compute.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ms.custom: references_regions
 #Customer intent: I want to deploy Azure Data Explorer cluster in an confidential compute SKU.
 ---
 
-# Enable confidential compute on your Azure Data Explorer cluster (preview)
+# Enable confidential compute on your Azure Data Explorer cluster
 
 Confidential compute virtual machines (VMs) provide strong security and confidentiality for tenants. They establish a hardware-enforced boundary between your application and the virtualization stack. Clusters deployed with confidential compute VMs ensure hardware-based security and data confidentiality for sensitive workloads by establishing a trusted execution environment (TEE). For more information, see [confidential compute](/azure/confidential-computing/confidential-vm-overview) and [Azure guidance for isolated compute](/azure/confidential-computing/confidential-vm-faq).
 

data-explorer/create-cluster-and-database.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ A Microsoft account or a Microsoft Entra user identity to create a free cluster.
 
 ### [Full cluster](#tab/full)
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
 
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data-explorer/create-cluster-database.md

@@ -21,28 +21,28 @@ Prerequisites by method of cluster and database creation:
 
 ### [C#](#tab/csharp)
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * [Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/). Turn on **Azure development** during the Visual Studio setup.
 * Install the [Microsoft.Azure.Management.Kusto NuGet package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Azure.Management.Kusto/).
 * [A Microsoft Entra application and service principal that can access resources](/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal). Save the **Directory (tenant) ID**, **Application ID**, and **Client Secret**.
 
 ### [Python](#tab/python)
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * [Python 3.4+](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
 * Install the [azure-common](https://pypi.org/project/azure-common/) and [azure-mgmt-kusto](https://pypi.org/project/azure-mgmt-kusto/) packages.
 * [A Microsoft Entra application and service principal that can access resources](/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal). Save the **Directory (tenant) ID**, **Application ID**, and **Client Secret**.
 
 ### [Go](#tab/go)
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * Install [Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git).
 * Install an appropriate version of [Go](https://golang.org/). For supported versions, see [Azure Kusto Module for Go](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/kusto/armkusto).
 * [A Microsoft Entra application and service principal that can access resources](/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal). Save the **Directory (tenant) ID**, **Application ID**, and **Client Secret**.
 
 ### [Azure CLI](#tab/azcli)
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * You can use [Azure Cloud Shell](https://shell.azure.com) to run the code in this article without having to install anything on your local environment.
 * If you choose to install and use the Azure CLI locally, follow the steps in [Configure parameters](#configure-the-cli-parameters). This article requires the Azure CLI version 2.0.4 or later. Run `az --version` to check your version. If you need to install or upgrade, see [Install the Azure CLI](/cli/azure/install-azure-cli).
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The following steps aren't required if you're running commands in Azure Cloud Sh
 
 ### [ARM template](#tab/arm)
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 
 ---
 

data-explorer/create-event-grid-connection-sdk.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ For general information about ingesting into Azure Data Explorer from Event Grid
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * An Azure Data Explorer cluster and database. [Create a cluster and database](create-cluster-and-database.md).
 * A destination table. [Create a table](/kusto/management/create-table-command?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) or use an existing table.
 * An [ingestion mapping](/kusto/management/mappings?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) for the table.

data-explorer/create-event-grid-connection.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ For general information about ingesting into Azure Data Explorer from Event Grid
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * An Azure Data Explorer cluster and database. [Create a cluster and database](create-cluster-and-database.md).
 * A destination table. [Create a table](/kusto/management/create-table-command?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) or use an existing table.
 * An [ingestion mapping](/kusto/management/mappings?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) for the table.

data-explorer/create-event-hubs-connection-sdk.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ To learn how to create the connection in the Azure Data Explorer web UI, Azure p
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * An Azure Data Explorer cluster and database. [Create a cluster and database](create-cluster-and-database.md).
 * A destination table. [Create a table](/kusto/management/create-table-command?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) or use an existing table.
 * An [ingestion mapping](/kusto/management/mappings?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) for the table.

data-explorer/create-event-hubs-connection.md

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ In the **Data preparation** window, all three steps are marked with green check
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * An Azure Data Explorer cluster and database. [Create a cluster and database](create-cluster-and-database.md).
 * A destination table. [Create a table](/kusto/management/create-table-command?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) or use an existing table.
 * An [ingestion mapping](/kusto/management/mappings?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) for the table.
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ In the **Data preparation** window, all three steps are marked with green check
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * An Azure Data Explorer cluster and database. [Create a cluster and database](create-cluster-and-database.md).
 * A destination table. [Create a table](/kusto/management/create-table-command?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) or use an existing table.
 * An [ingestion mapping](/kusto/management/mappings?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) for the table.
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ In the **Data preparation** window, all three steps are marked with green check
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
+* An Azure subscription. Create a [free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 * An Azure Data Explorer cluster and database. [Create a cluster and database](create-cluster-and-database.md).
 * A destination table. [Create a table](/kusto/management/create-table-command?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) or use an existing table.
 * An [ingestion mapping](/kusto/management/mappings?view=azure-data-explorer&preserve-view=true) for the table.