diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown-link/config.json b/.github/workflows/markdown-link/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff00be38b45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdown-link/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "aliveStatusCodes": [504, 503, 403, 200]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdownLink.yml b/.github/workflows/markdownLink.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..732ab5d4159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdownLink.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - 'release/**'
+    paths:
+      - '**.md'
+
+name: Check links for modified files
+jobs:
+  markdown-link-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@master
+    - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
+      with:
+        use-quiet-mode: 'yes'
+        use-verbose-mode: 'yes'
+        check-modified-files-only: 'yes'
+        config-file: .github/workflows/markdown-link/config.json
diff --git a/.vsts-ci/misc-analysis.yml b/.vsts-ci/misc-analysis.yml
index b7d451ea199..b9e19a2a505 100644
--- a/.vsts-ci/misc-analysis.yml
+++ b/.vsts-ci/misc-analysis.yml
@@ -51,15 +51,3 @@ stages:
   dependsOn: []
   jobs:
   - template: ./misc-analysis/mdSpell.yml
-- stage: markdown_link
-  displayName: Markdown Link
-  dependsOn: []
-  jobs:
-  - template: ./misc-analysis/generateMarkdownMatrix.yml
-    parameters:
-      jobName: generateMatrix
-      taskName: matrixTask
-  - template: ./misc-analysis/markdown.yml
-    parameters:
-      matrix: $[ dependencies.generateMatrix.outputs['matrixTask.matrix'] ]
-      dependsOn: generateMatrix
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fecde3d1e5c..1fb9ac898e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ For more information on how and why we built this dashboard, check out this [blo
 
 ## Discussions
 
-[GitHub Discussions](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/discussions/quickstart) is a feature to enable fluid and open discussions within the community
+[GitHub Discussions](https://docs.github.com/discussions/quickstart) is a feature to enable fluid and open discussions within the community
 for topics that are not related to code, unlike issues.
 
 This is an experiment we are trying in our repositories to see if it helps move discussions out of issues so that issues remain actionable by the team or members of the community.