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@@ -395,6 +395,14 @@ a modified file in the correct place. Just commit it and push the change.</p>
 should also work without issue as long as they use Maven 3.3.3 or better.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_activate_the_spring_maven_profile"><a class="link" href="#_activate_the_spring_maven_profile">Activate the Spring Maven profile</a></h4>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>Spring Cloud projects require the 'spring' Maven profile to be activated to resolve
+the spring milestone and snapshot repositories. Use your preferred IDE to set this
+profile to be active, or you may experience build errors.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect3">
 <h4 id="_importing_into_eclipse_with_m2eclipse"><a class="link" href="#_importing_into_eclipse_with_m2eclipse">Importing into eclipse with m2eclipse</a></h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>We recommend the <a href="https://eclipse.org/m2e/">m2eclipse</a> eclipse plugin when working with