diff --git a/.github/workflows/.checkTemplateIgnore b/.github/workflows/.checkTemplateIgnore
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+000-HowToHack
+004-HotelCaliVegasDevHack
+006-AppModernization
+007-AzureMonitoring
+008-DatabricksIntroML
+012-InfraAsCode-Terraform
+013-InfraAsCode-Ansible
+015-Serverless
+016-AppMigration
+017-FrontDoor
+018-BI2AI
+019-ThisOldDataWarehouse
+020-MasteringLinux
+022-AzureGovernance
+024-DoYouEvenSynapse
+028-AdvancedNetworking
+029-IoTEdge
+031-DevOpsWithGitHub
+032-MLOpsFromScratch
+033-OSSDatabaseMigration
+034-MicrosoftTeams-MakeItReal
+035-HubAndSpoke
+036-BGP
+038-MDWCovid19
+041-VirtualWAN
+043-SQLModernization
+044-DevOpswithGithubActions
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkTemplate.yml b/.github/workflows/checkTemplate.yml
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+name: Check Template Format
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - '**'
+      - '!README.md'
+      - '!assets/**'
+      - '!.github/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/checkTemplate.yml'
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**'
+      - '!README.md'
+      - '!assets/**'
+      - '!.github/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/checkTemplate.yml'
+  
+jobs:
+  checklinks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Template Format Check
+        uses: jordanbean-msft/github-action-wth-template-check@v0.4.0
+        with:
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}
+          shouldScanSubdirectories: true
+          pathToIgnoreFile: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/.checkTemplateIgnore
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