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 Onboarding Best Practices
 =========================
 
-As a prerequisite, please contact Carl Shipley first for the [PLR](http://aka.ms/plrcriteria) (Product Launch Readiness) process.
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-Then reach out to `azpycli@microsoft.com` to get the CLI onboarding process started. You'll be assigned a dev contact on the CLI team. Early and frequent communication with this contact is essential to ensuring a smooth onboarding.
+Contact `azpycli@microsoft.com` to get the CLI onboarding process started. You'll be assigned a dev contact on the CLI team. Early and frequent communication with this contact is essential to ensuring a smooth onboarding.
 
 ## Extension vs. Module