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diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-verifier.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-verifier.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
       - name: Validate
-        uses: dotnet/docs-actions/actions/docs-verifier@5e8bcc78465d45a7544bba56509a1a69922b6a5a # main
+        uses: dotnet/docs-tools/actions/docs-verifier@1397e452fa0b49e9e52bc2443cd9ec6182a05294 # main
diff --git a/docs/azure/configure-visual-studio.md b/docs/azure/configure-visual-studio.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Configure Visual Studio for Azure Development with .NET
 description: This article helps you configure Visual Studio for Azure development including getting the right workloads installed and connecting Visual Studio to your Azure account.
 ms.topic: concept-article
 ms.custom: devx-track-dotnet, engagement-fy23
-ms.date: 3/20/2025
+ms.date: 03/20/2026
 ---
 
 # Configure Visual Studio for Azure development with .NET

diff --git a/docs/azure/includes/dotnet-all.md b/docs/azure/includes/dotnet-all.md
diff --git a/docs/azure/includes/dotnet-new.md b/docs/azure/includes/dotnet-new.md
diff --git a/docs/azure/index.yml b/docs/azure/index.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ metadata:
   description: Samples, tutorials, and education for .NET on Azure
   ms.topic: hub-page
   ms.service: dotnet-azure
-  ms.date: 08/15/2024
+  ms.date: 03/20/2026
 
 highlightedContent:
   # itemType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview | quickstart | reference | tutorial | whats-new

diff --git a/docs/azure/sdk/authentication/local-development-service-principal.md b/docs/azure/sdk/authentication/local-development-service-principal.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Authenticate .NET apps to Azure services during local development using service principals
 description: Learn how to authenticate your app to Azure services during local development using dedicated application service principals.
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 03/11/2025
+ms.date: 03/20/2026
 ms.custom:
   - devx-track-dotnet
   - engagement-fy23

diff --git a/docs/azure/sdk/authentication/on-premises-apps.md b/docs/azure/sdk/authentication/on-premises-apps.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Authenticate to Azure resources from .NET apps hosted on-premises
 description: This article describes how to authenticate your application to Azure services when using the Azure SDK for .NET in on-premises hosted apps. 
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 03/13/2025
+ms.date: 03/20/2026
 ms.custom:
   - devx-track-dotnet
   - engagement-fy23

diff --git a/docs/azure/sdk/authentication/user-assigned-managed-identity.md b/docs/azure/sdk/authentication/user-assigned-managed-identity.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Authenticate Azure-hosted .NET apps to Azure resources using a user-assig
 description: Learn how to authenticate Azure-hosted .NET apps to other Azure services using a user-assigned managed identity.
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom: devx-track-dotnet, engagement-fy23, devx-track-azurecli
-ms.date: 02/06/2025
+ms.date: 03/20/2026
 ---
 
 # Authenticate Azure-hosted .NET apps to Azure resources using a user-assigned managed identity

diff --git a/docs/core/project-sdk/overview.md b/docs/core/project-sdk/overview.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 title: .NET project SDK overview
 titleSuffix: ""
 description: Learn about the .NET project SDKs.
-ms.date: 10/15/2024
+ms.date: 03/20/2026
+ai-usage: ai-assisted
 ms.topic: concept-article
 no-loc: ["EmbeddedResource", "Compile", "None", "Blazor"]
 ---
@@ -97,22 +98,37 @@ If the project has multiple target frameworks, focus the results of the command
 
 ## Default includes and excludes
 
-The default includes and excludes for [`Compile` items](/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items#compile), [embedded resources](/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items#embeddedresource), and [`None` items](/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items#none) are defined in the SDK. Unlike non-SDK .NET Framework projects, you don't need to specify these items in your project file, because the defaults cover most common use cases. This behavior makes the project file smaller and easier to understand and edit by hand, if needed.
+The SDK automatically manages three types of items for your project:
 
-The following table shows which elements and which [globs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)) are included and excluded in the .NET SDK:
+- [`Compile` items](/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items#compile): source code files (`*.cs`, `*.vb`, and other language-specific extensions) that get compiled into your assembly.
+- [`EmbeddedResource` items](/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items#embeddedresource): `*.resx` files that get embedded into your assembly.
+- [`None` items](/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items#none): all other files tracked in the project, such as configuration and content files, that aren't compiled or embedded.
+
+Unlike non-SDK .NET Framework projects, you don't need to specify these items in your project file, because the defaults cover most common use cases. This behavior makes the project file smaller and easier to understand and edit by hand, if needed.
+
+The SDK uses [glob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)) patterns to determine which files belong to each item type:
+
+- **Include glob**: Specifies which files to add to the item type.
+- **Exclude glob**: Specifies which files to skip when applying the include glob.
+- **Remove glob**: Specifies which files to remove from items that were already added by the include glob.
+
+The following table shows the default glob patterns for each item type in the .NET SDK:
 
 | Element | Include glob | Exclude glob | Remove glob |
 |---------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
 | Compile | \*\*/\*.cs (or other language extensions) | \*\*/\*.user;  \*\*/\*.\*proj;  \*\*/\*.sln(x);  \*\*/\*.vssscc  | N/A |
 | EmbeddedResource  | \*\*/\*.resx | \*\*/\*.user; \*\*/\*.\*proj; \*\*/\*.sln(x); \*\*/\*.vssscc | N/A |
 | None | \*\*/\* | \*\*/\*.user; \*\*/\*.\*proj; \*\*/\*.sln(x); \*\*/\*.vssscc     | \*\*/\*.cs; \*\*/\*.resx |
 
+Because `None` uses `**/*` as its include glob, it would otherwise include *.cs* and *.resx* files that are already captured by `Compile` and `EmbeddedResource`. The remove glob (`**/*.cs; **/*.resx`) prevents those files from appearing in both item types at the same time.
+
 > [!NOTE]
 > The `./bin` and `./obj` folders, which are represented by the `$(BaseOutputPath)` and `$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)` MSBuild properties, are excluded from the globs by default. Excludes are represented by the [DefaultItemExcludes property](msbuild-props.md#defaultitemexcludes).
 
 The .NET Desktop SDK has additional includes and excludes for WPF. For more information, see [WPF default includes and excludes](msbuild-props-desktop.md#wpf-default-includes-and-excludes).
 
-If you explicitly define any of these items in your project file, you're likely to get a [NETSDK1022](../tools/sdk-errors/netsdk1022.md) build error. For information about how to resolve the error, see [NETSDK1022: Duplicate items were included](../tools/sdk-errors/netsdk1022.md).
+> [!WARNING]
+> Avoid defining `Compile`, `EmbeddedResource`, or `None` items that duplicate the SDK's default `Include` globs. Duplicating included files causes the build to include the same files twice, which results in a [NETSDK1022](../tools/sdk-errors/netsdk1022.md) build error. Customizations that use `Remove` or `Update`, or that add items after you set `EnableDefaultItems`, `EnableDefaultCompileItems`, or `EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems` to `false`, are supported. For information about how to resolve the error, see [NETSDK1022: Duplicate items were included](../tools/sdk-errors/netsdk1022.md).
 
 ## Implicit using directives
 

diff --git a/docs/framework/interop/copying-and-pinning.md b/docs/framework/interop/copying-and-pinning.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: "Copying and Pinning"
 description: Review how the interop marshaller can copy or pin data that's being marshalled. Copying data places a copy of data from one memory location into another location.
-ms.date: 05/12/2022
+ms.date: 03/20/2026
+ai-usage: ai-assisted
 helpviewer_keywords:
   - "pinning, interop marshalling"
   - "copying, interop marshalling"
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ Method arguments passed by value are marshalled to unmanaged code as values on t
 
 ![Diagram showing reference types passed by value and by reference.](./media/copying-and-pinning/interop-marshal-reference-pin.gif)
 
-Pinning temporarily locks the data in its current memory location, thus keeping it from being relocated by the common language runtime's garbage collector. The marshaller pins data to reduce the overhead of copying and enhance performance. The type of the data determines whether it is copied or pinned during the marshalling process. Pinning is automatically performed during marshalling for objects such as <xref:System.String>, however you can also manually pin memory using the <xref:System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle> class.
+Pinning temporarily locks the data in its current memory location, thus keeping it from being relocated by the common language runtime's garbage collector. The marshaller pins data to reduce the overhead of copying and enhance performance. The type of the data determines whether it is copied or pinned during the marshalling process. Pinning is automatically performed during marshalling for objects such as <xref:System.String>. However you can also manually pin memory using the <xref:System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle> class. For examples of manual pinning with `GCHandle`, see [Keeping managed objects alive](../../standard/native-interop/best-practices.md#keeping-managed-objects-alive) in the native interoperability best practices article.
 
 ## Formatted Blittable Classes
 
@@ -78,3 +79,5 @@ When a <xref:System.Text.StringBuilder?displayProperty=nameWithType> is passed b
 - [Default Marshalling Behavior](default-marshalling-behavior.md)
 - [Directional Attributes](/previous-versions/dotnet/netframework-4.0/77e6taeh(v=vs.100))
 - [Interop Marshaling](interop-marshalling.md)
+- [Native interoperability best practices](../../standard/native-interop/best-practices.md)
+- [`fixed` statement (C# reference)](../../csharp/language-reference/statements/fixed.md)