diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index ac2a6ebbb3a8..9cef36755736 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Thank you for contributing to this project! You must fill out the information be
 
 ### Why:
 
-Closes: ISSUE_NUMBER
+<!-- Paste the issue link or number here -->
+Closes: 
 
 <!-- If there's an existing issue for your change, please link to it above.
 If there's _not_ an existing issue, please open one first to make it more likely that this update will be accepted: https://github.com/github/docs/issues/new/choose. -->
diff --git a/.github/actions/precompute-pageinfo/action.yml b/.github/actions/precompute-pageinfo/action.yml
index 4b9923417a6c..c6e7da64fc09 100644
--- a/.github/actions/precompute-pageinfo/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/precompute-pageinfo/action.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ runs:
         key: pageinfo-cache-
         restore-keys: pageinfo-cache-
 
-    # When we use this composite action from the workflows like
-    # Azure Preview Deploy and Azure Production Deploy, we don't have
-    # any Node installed or any of its packages. I.e. we never
+    # When we use this composite action from deployment workflows
+    # we don't have any Node installed or any of its packages. I.e. we never
     # run `npm ci` in those actions. For security sake.
     # So we can't do things that require Node code.
     # Tests and others will omit the `restore-only` input, but
diff --git a/.github/actions/warmup-remotejson-cache/action.yml b/.github/actions/warmup-remotejson-cache/action.yml
index 8d8d9a5e4304..b1e7fe3b87b7 100644
--- a/.github/actions/warmup-remotejson-cache/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/warmup-remotejson-cache/action.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ runs:
         key: remotejson-cache-
         restore-keys: remotejson-cache-
 
-    # When we use this composite action from the workflows like
-    # Azure Preview Deploy and Azure Production Deploy, we don't have
-    # any Node installed or any of its packages. I.e. we never
+    # When we use this composite action from deployment workflows
+    # we don't have any Node installed or any of its packages. I.e. we never
     # run `npm ci` in those actions. For security sake.
     # So we can't do things that require Node code.
     # Tests and others will omit the `restore-only` input, but
diff --git a/.github/branch_protection_settings/main.json b/.github/branch_protection_settings/main.json
index 29e0c828d766..b557412aee0c 100644
--- a/.github/branch_protection_settings/main.json
+++ b/.github/branch_protection_settings/main.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/docs-internal/branches/main/protection/required_status_checks",
     "strict": true,
     "contexts": [
-      "Build and deploy Azure preview environment",
       "automated-pipelines",
       "github-apps",
       "graphql",
@@ -48,10 +47,6 @@
     ],
     "contexts_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/docs-internal/branches/main/protection/required_status_checks/contexts",
     "checks": [
-      {
-        "context": "Build and deploy Azure preview environment",
-        "app_id": 15368
-      },
       { "context": "automated-pipelines", "app_id": 15368 },
       { "context": "github-apps", "app_id": 15368 },
       { "context": "graphql", "app_id": 15368 },