diff --git a/.github/workflows/link_validation.yaml b/.github/workflows/link_validation.yaml
index e0bcbfae7..3571c0c4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link_validation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link_validation.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ jobs:
       PYTHON_VER: 3.7
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Check Microsoft URLs do not pin localized versions
+        run: |
+          localized=$(find . -name '*.md' | xargs grep -ol "\.microsoft\.com/[[:alpha:]]\{2\}-[[:alpha:]]\{2\}/") || true
+          if [ -z "$localized" ]; then
+            echo "All Microsoft Docs links ok."
+          else
+            echo "The following files contain links to Microsoft Docs that pin a localized version:"
+            echo $localized
+            exit 1
+          fi
       - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VER }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
@@ -27,3 +37,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check Markdown Files
         run: |
           for name in `find . -name "*.md"`; do echo -e "------\n$name" ; mm.py -l $name || exit 1 ;done
+