Revert FinOps ebook link changes - keep original aka.ms link

[Copilot]

Problem

The original issue reported that the FinOps ebook link (https://aka.ms/finops/ebook) was "broken" because it doesn't provide a direct download. However, after maintainer review, this link is intentional and designed to go to a marketing download page where downloads are tracked.

Solution

After attempting to fix the link and receiving maintainer feedback, all changes have been reverted to keep the original https://aka.ms/finops/ebook link intact.

The original link intentionally goes to a marketing page for download tracking purposes. Changing it to a generic FinOps solutions page would be less helpful, as the specific download page has a clear purpose, whereas the solutions page has many different CTAs and goals.

Changes

All previously made changes to the ebook links have been reverted:

1. Reverted docs/guide.md:

   • Kept original title "📑 Standardized reporting"
   • Kept original link https://aka.ms/finops/ebook
   • Kept original button text "Download the e-book"

2. Reverted docs-mslearn/implementing-finops-guide.md:

   • Kept original link https://aka.ms/finops/ebook

3. Reverted docs-mslearn/framework/finops-framework.md:

   • Kept original link https://azure.microsoft.com/resources/finops-with-azure-bringing-finops-to-life-through-organizational-and-cultural-alignment/

4. Removed changelog entry from docs-mslearn/toolkit/changelog.md

Validation

• All files have been reverted to their original state before this PR
• The aka.ms link remains as the intentional marketing tracking link
• This PR effectively cancels the proposed changes per maintainer feedback

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Fix FinOps ebook link in the guide</issue_title>
<issue_description>There is no ebook to download at this link from the guide: https://aka.ms/finops/ebook

It is just an overview page with several examples and success stories for Microsoft in general. I guess the actual FinOps ebook should be here: https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/solutions/finops

https://github.com/microsoft/finops-toolkit/blob/2367310bd84c71c7f7e22423655f00d120626cf6/docs/guide.md?plain=1#L41C34-L41C61</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Triage the issue, research using mslearn, provide proposed solutions along with links/citations to authorative sources.</agent_instructions>

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Fixes #1813

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[RolandKrummenacher]

@copilot Your link is broken, too. Use this link: https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/solutions/finops

[Copilot]

@copilot Your link is broken, too. Use this link: https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/solutions/finops

Updated the link to https://azure.microsoft.com/solutions/finops which is the correct Azure Solutions page for FinOps. This URL is consistent with what's used in other Microsoft Learn documentation and automatically redirects to the appropriate locale. (Commit: ${shortHash})

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[flanakin]

I'm not sure this is the right approach. The ebook can't be downloaded directly because of how Marketing is tracking the downloads. Whether people expect a direct download or not, that's just what they have. I would not change this and leave it as-is. Linking to a generic FinOps page isn't any more helpful. I would argue its worse. At least the download page has a [hopefully] clear purpose for downloading the file in question. The FinOps solution page has many CTAs with different goals where the same download page is one of the many links and that still forces them to go thru the download experience. So this feels like the wrong direction. I vote we cancel this PR and close the issue as won't fix. That said, I don't know the source of the feedback. If it's a major issue, we can think about ways to clarify that the download links are download pages and not the direct file, but I don't see that this is something we should be overly concerned with. But again, I am missing context.

[Copilot]

I'm not sure this is the right approach. The ebook can't be downloaded directly because of how Marketing is tracking the downloads. Whether people expect a direct download or not, that's just what the...

Understood. I've reverted all changes to the ebook links back to the original https://aka.ms/finops/ebook URL. The link now points back to the marketing download page where downloads can be tracked as intended. (Commit: c40cae2)

The original issue reported the link as "broken" because it doesn't provide a direct download, but based on your feedback, this is the intended behavior for tracking purposes. I agree that linking to the generic solutions page would be less helpful than the specific download page.

[RolandKrummenacher]

I'm not sure this is the right approach. The ebook can't be downloaded directly because of how Marketing is tracking the downloads. Whether people expect a direct download or not, that's just what they have. I would not change this and leave it as-is. Linking to a generic FinOps page isn't any more helpful. I would argue its worse. At least the download page has a [hopefully] clear purpose for downloading the file in question. The FinOps solution page has many CTAs with different goals where the same download page is one of the many links and that still forces them to go thru the download experience. So this feels like the wrong direction. I vote we cancel this PR and close the issue as won't fix. That said, I don't know the source of the feedback. If it's a major issue, we can think about ways to clarify that the download links are download pages and not the direct file, but I don't see that this is something we should be overly concerned with. But again, I am missing context.

Ok, but if we do nothing, the link will keep pointing to https://aka.ms/finops/ebook and that resource has nothing to do with FinOps at all.