Microsoft Connect has been retired

Old links to connect issues stopped working. After signing in to Microsoft Collaborate, the successor it seems, I need to add my personal details, including phone number and company. After that, I'm greeted with an even more confusing dashboard where recommended sites, like "Windows" are paywalled.

What happened? I just wanted to look at an old connect issue which came up at stackoverflow. Searches within Microsoft Collaborate lead to nothing. I fear, that this will hit many windows developers. Why can't Microsoft leave old services running or why can't they properly link old content to new locations?

Example: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/...