Merge pull request #262531 from asergaz/aio-akseeprereq

Adding clarity on AKS EE Requirements

Author: Court72

articles/iot-operations/get-started/quickstart-deploy.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The services deployed in this quickstart include:
 
 Review the prerequisites based on the environment you use to host the Kubernetes cluster.
 
-For this quickstart, we recommend GitHub Codespaces as a quick way to get started in a virtual environment without installing new tools. Or, use AKS Edge Essentials to create a cluster on Windows devices or K3s on Ubuntu Linux devices.
+For this quickstart, we recommend GitHub Codespaces as a quick way to get started in a virtual environment without installing new tools. Or, use Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Edge Essentials to create a cluster on Windows devices or K3s on Ubuntu Linux devices.
 
 # [Virtual](#tab/codespaces)
 
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ For this quickstart, we recommend GitHub Codespaces as a quick way to get starte
 
 # [Windows](#tab/windows)
 
-* An Azure subscription. If you don't have an Azure subscription, [create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=A261C142F) before you begin.
+* In this quickstart, you use the `AksEdgeQuickStartForAio.ps1` script to set up an AKS Edge Essentials single-machine K3S Linux-only cluster. To learn more, see the [AKS Edge Essentials system requirements](/azure/aks/hybrid/aks-edge-system-requirements). For this quickstart, ensure that your machine has a minimum of 10 GB RAM, 4 vCPUs, and 40 GB free disk space.
 
-<!-- * Review the [AKS Edge Essentials requirements and support matrix](/azure/aks/hybrid/aks-edge-system-requirements) for other prerequisites, specifically the system and OS requirements. -->
+* An Azure subscription. If you don't have an Azure subscription, [create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=A261C142F) before you begin.
 
 * Azure CLI installed on your development machine. For more information, see [How to install the Azure CLI](/cli/azure/install-azure-cli).
 

articles/iot-operations/includes/validated-environments.md

@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
  description: include file
  author: dominicbetts
  ms.topic: include
- ms.date: 10/19/2023
+ ms.date: 01/05/2024
  ms.author: dobett
 ms.custom:
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   - ignite-2023
 ---
 
-Azure Iot Operations ships as a set of Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes services and is intended for use with [CNCF](https://www.cncf.io/) conformant [Arc validated partner products](/azure/azure-arc/kubernetes/validation-program). Currently, Microsoft has validated Azure Iot Operations against the following fixed-set of infrastructures and environments:
+Azure Iot Operations ships as a set of Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes services and is intended for use with [CNCF](https://www.cncf.io/) conformant [Arc validated partner products](/azure/azure-arc/kubernetes/validation-program). Currently, Microsoft has validated Azure IoT Operations against the following fixed-set of infrastructures and environments:
 
 | Environment | Version |
 | ----------- | ------- |
 | AKS-EE on Windows 11 IoT Enterprise <br> on a single-node AMD Ryzen-7 (8 core, 3.3 GHz), 16-GB RAM | AksEdge-K3s-1.26.6-1.4.109.0 |
-| K3s on Ubuntu 22.04.2 <br> on a single-node AMD Ryzen-7 (8 core, 3.3 GHz), 16-GB RAM| K3s version 1.27.3 |
+| K3s on Ubuntu 22.04.2 <br> on a single-node AMD Ryzen-7 (8 core, 3.3 GHz), 16-GB RAM | K3s version 1.27.3 |
 
-See also the [Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes system requirements](/azure/azure-arc/kubernetes/system-requirements).
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> The environments listed previously are production-like environments that Microsoft has validated. They're not the only environments that Azure IoT Operations can run on. Azure IoT Operations can run on any Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster that meets the [Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes system requirements](/azure/azure-arc/kubernetes/system-requirements).